Hretcanu Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Hretcanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 49 | 1:409,752 | 33,339 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Hrețcanu (40) are calculated separately.
Hretcanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hretcanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hretcanu is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Hrețcanu. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hretcanu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Hretcanu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 409,752. In Romania it is most frequent in: Botoșani County, where 82 percent reside, Suceava County, where 8 percent reside and Timiș County, where 8 percent reside. Not including Romania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hrețcanu | 96 | 40 | / |
| Hrescanu | 88 | 64 | / |
| Receanu | 80 | 53 | / |
| Recianu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hriscanu | 75 | 14 | / |
| Resceanu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Reșceanu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hrișcanu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hrişcanu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rezanu | 71 | 101 | / |
| Rîcanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ricanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Resanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rezeanu | 67 | 769 | / |
| Riscanu | 67 | 127 | / |
| Răceanu | 67 | 108 | / |
| Reconnu | 67 | 104 | / |
| Rîșcanu | 67 | 39 | / |
| Rizeanu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Rășcanu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Răcianu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Rîşcanu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Riceanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rezanouz | 63 | 7 | / |
| Raiceanu | 63 | 6 | / |
| Răcășanu | 63 | 4 | / |
| Rekkanup | 63 | 1 | / |
| Rizanu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Risanu | 57 | 2 | / |
| Rikanu | 57 | 2 | / |
| Resonu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rijanu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hreseimnou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Hreiseimnou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Regionu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Riconou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rijanus | 53 | 1 | / |
| Risanou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rejanoo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rikanud | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rajkannu | 50 | 2 | / |
| Rikhanau | 50 | 1 | / |
| Raikonou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Hretcanu
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