Motateanu Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Motateanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motateanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania71:2,868,26756,178
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: Moţăţeanu (1) are calculated separately.

Motateanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motateanu has its highest incidence in Romania. It can be found in the variant forms: Moţăţeanu. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motateanu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Motateanu is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Motateanu are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 58 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,868,267. In Romania Motateanu is most common in: Timiș County, where 57 percent live, Caraș-Severin County, where 14 percent live and Dolj County, where 14 percent live. Excluding Romania Motateanu exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 17 percent live and Switzerland, where 17 percent live.

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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 Motateanu
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