Lapteanu Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Lapteanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 199 | 1:17,896 | 3,058 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
The alternate forms: Lăpteanu (1) are calculated separately.
Lapteanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapteanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lapteanu is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Lăpteanu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapteanu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,177,228th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Lapteanu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Moldova, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 17,896. In Moldova it is mostly found in: Ungheni District, where 88 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 4 percent reside and Ștefan Vodă District, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Moldova Lapteanu occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Lapteanu
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