Moldovean Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Moldovean Surname User-submission:

This surname was given to the son of/descendant of one from Moldova. This name has various variations depending on the country or region. Moldova is a region in the East of Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The whole of the medieval Moldovan state was called Bassarabia.

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Moldovean Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1781:112,79712,611
Moldova271:131,90314,519
France81:8,302,840321,660
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Moldovean Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname was given to the son of/descendant of one from Moldova. This name has various variations depending on the country or region. Moldova is a region in the East of Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The whole of the medieval Moldovan state was called Bassarabia. However, it was/is also referred to as Moldova and covered some areas of Ukraine as well.

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Moldovean Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moldovean Come From? nationality or country of origin

Moldovean occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Moldovean? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,070,546th most common last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name Moldovean occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Moldovean are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 112,797. In Romania Moldovean is primarily concentrated in: Brașov County, where 74 percent are found, Bucharest Municipality, where 15 percent are found and Alba County, where 2 percent are found. Other than Romania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 12 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

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