Ghimpeteanu Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ghimpeteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ghimpeteanu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3051:65,8297,909
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Ghimpețeanu (50) & Ghimpeţeanu (42) are calculated separately.

Ghimpeteanu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ghimpeteanu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ghimpeteanu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Ghimpețeanu or Ghimpeţeanu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghimpeteanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 872,430th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The last name Ghimpeteanu is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ghimpeteanu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name Ghimpeteanu is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 65,829. In Romania Ghimpeteanu is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 49 percent live, Giurgiu County, where 27 percent live and Dolj County, where 21 percent live. Apart from Romania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Poland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghimpețeanu9750/
Ghimpeţeanu9742/
Ghimbutan7031/
Gbetanu672/
Gbetanou63460/
Gbaitanu6326/
Gbetounou50115/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghimpeteanu
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