Litcanu Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Litcanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Litcanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania361:557,71941,269
Moldova181:197,85418,761
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 last name Litcanu is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Lițcanu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Litcanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Litcanu is the 2,530,696th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Litcanu reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

Litcanu is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 557,719. In Romania Litcanu is most prevalent in: Iași County, where 78 percent live, Brașov County, where 11 percent live and Bacău County, where 3 percent live. Other than Romania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lițcanu9553/
Letcanu86153/
Liceanu86109/
Lutcanu8629/
Lizcanu861/
Litchangou821/
Luiceanu80187/
Luicianu801/
Lisanu773,082/
Lecanu771,769/
Lizanu776/
Litsangou752/
Lăceanu7173/
Liseanu7149/
Laijanu7148/
Likangu7127/
Leceanu716/
Lechanu716/
Lisanus716/
Likhanu713/
Lisanou712/
Lecannu712/
Lețcanu711/
Lizanui711/
Likangou671/

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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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