Litcanu Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Litcanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 36 | 1:557,719 | 41,269 |
| Moldova | 18 | 1:197,854 | 18,761 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lițcanu (53) are calculated separately.
Litcanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Litcanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Litcanu is most common in Romania. It can appear as a variant: Lițcanu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Litcanu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Litcanu live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 557,719. In Romania Litcanu is most frequent in: Iași County, where 78 percent live, Brașov County, where 11 percent live and Bacău County, where 3 percent live. Excluding Romania it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lițcanu | 95 | 53 | / |
| Letcanu | 86 | 153 | / |
| Liceanu | 86 | 109 | / |
| Lutcanu | 86 | 29 | / |
| Lizcanu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Litchangou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Luiceanu | 80 | 187 | / |
| Luicianu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lisanu | 77 | 3,082 | / |
| Lecanu | 77 | 1,769 | / |
| Lizanu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Litsangou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lăceanu | 71 | 73 | / |
| Liseanu | 71 | 49 | / |
| Laijanu | 71 | 48 | / |
| Likangu | 71 | 27 | / |
| Leceanu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lechanu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lisanus | 71 | 6 | / |
| Likhanu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lisanou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lecannu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lețcanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lizanui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Likangou | 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 Litcanu
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