Letcanu Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Letcanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 152 | 1:132,091 | 14,378 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Lețcanu (1) are calculated separately.
Letcanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letcanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Letcanu occurs most in Romania. It can also appear in the variant forms: Lețcanu. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Letcanu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,415,499th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Letcanu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 132,091. In Romania it is mostly found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 40 percent live, Bacău County, where 35 percent live and Teleorman County, where 20 percent live. Besides Romania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Italy, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lețcanu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Lecanu | 92 | 1,769 | / |
| Litcanu | 86 | 58 | / |
| Leceanu | 86 | 6 | / |
| Lechanu | 86 | 6 | / |
| Lecannu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lesanu | 77 | 644 | / |
| Lekanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekangu | 71 | 510 | / |
| Leseanu | 71 | 164 | / |
| Liceanu | 71 | 109 | / |
| Lăceanu | 71 | 73 | / |
| Lițcanu | 71 | 53 | / |
| Liseanu | 71 | 49 | / |
| Leusanu | 71 | 21 | / |
| Lesanau | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lăzeanu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lekanou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Litchangou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leuţanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lizcanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luiceanu | 67 | 187 | / |
| Lejannou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lekkanuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekeangu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luicianu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesainus | 67 | 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 Letcanu
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