Papureanu Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Papureanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 193 | 1:104,030 | 11,764 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Păpureanu (75) are calculated separately.
Papureanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Papureanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Papureanu is most common in Romania. It may also appear as: Păpureanu. For other possible spellings of Papureanu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Papureanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Papureanu is the 1,202,518th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname Papureanu occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Papureanu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 104,030. In Romania Papureanu is most numerous in: Ialomița County, where 65 percent live, Călărași County, where 34 percent live and Alba County, where 1 percent live. Barring Romania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 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
- 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 Papureanu
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