Opranescu Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Opranescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Opranescu 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
Romania1171:171,60617,711
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Oprănescu (56) are calculated separately.

Opranescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opranescu occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Oprănescu. Click here to see other potential spellings of Opranescu.

How Common Is The Last Name Opranescu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,637,889th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. Opranescu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Opranescu live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname Opranescu is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 171,606. In Romania it is primarily found in: Dolj County, where 95 percent live, Olt County, where 3 percent live and Mehedinți County, where 1 percent live. Beside Romania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

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
Oprănescu9656/
Oprinescu89125/
Opronescu8951/
Oprenescu8919/
Oprinesc8278/

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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 Opranescu
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