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 last name Lapteanu is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Lăpteanu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapteanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lapteanu is the 1,177,228th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Lapteanu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
Lapteanu is most widespread in Moldova, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 17,896. In Moldova it is most prevalent in: Ungheni District, where 88 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 4 percent live and Ștefan Vodă District, where 4 percent live. Besides Moldova Lapteanu exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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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