Mîţu Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Mîţu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mîţu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania751:267,70524,809
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

The alternate forms: Mîțu (46), Miţu (5), Mîtu (4), Mitu (125,863) & Mitú (1) are calculated separately.

Mîţu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mîţu is most common in Romania. It can also be found in the variant forms: Mîțu, Miţu, Mîtu, Mitu or Mitú. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mîţu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mîţu is the 2,121,169th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mîţu are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

It is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 267,705. In Romania Mîţu is most numerous in: Vrancea County, where 44 percent are found, Timiș County, where 41 percent are found and Caraș-Severin County, where 5 percent are found. Barring Romania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 4 percent are found and Moldova, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mîțu9246/
Miţu925/
Mîtu924/
Mîţ86162/
Mitu83125,863/
Mîţi7528/
Mîţă7514/
Mâţu755/
Mîşu753/
Mîcu752/
Mitú751/
Mîţa751/
Muţiu67168/
Moţiu6781/
Mîciu675/
Meţiu671/

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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 Mîţu
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