Morteanu Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Morteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morteanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1111:180,88218,470
Moldova431:82,82310,501
England21:27,859,030389,889
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Morteanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morteanu is found most in Romania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morteanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,374,607th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. Morteanu is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Morteanu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 180,882. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Argeș County, where 70 percent live, Vâlcea County, where 25 percent live and Timiș County, where 4 percent live. Beside Romania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 27 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mortianu882/
Murteanu881/
Mortyanu881/
Morthanou821/
Mertanu8062/
Martanu8021/
Murtanu804/
Mortinu801/
Martanus7555/
Martenus755/
Martengu751/
Marteneu750/
Martenuu750/
Martenau750/
Martianus7138/
Martianou718/
Marthenus712/
Martienau711/
Martinu67197/
Murtinu6768/
Marthianus6742/

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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 Morteanu
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