Nitanu Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Nitanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nitanu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania541:371,81231,284
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Nitanu (11) may also be a first name.

Nitanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nitanu (Oriya: ନିତନୁ) is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nitanu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nitanu? popularity and diffusion

Nitanu is the 2,580,327th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Nitanu are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Nitanu is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 371,812. In Romania it is mostly found in: Vaslui County, where 59 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 37 percent reside and Hunedoara County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Romania it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niteanu927/
Naitanu926/
Nitangu924/
Nitangou8614/
Naitanou861/
Netanu833/
Nuteanu7711/
Niteenu771/
Nesteanu716/
Netangou711/
Nutthanu711/
Netenu671/
Netonou622/
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Nitanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nitanu in the Oriya language
ନିତନୁnitanu-

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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 Nitanu
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