Pegeanu Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Pegeanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pegeanu 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
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Pegeanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pegeanu is found most in Romania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pegeanu? popularity and diffusion

Pegeanu is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pegeanu live; 71 percent live in Eastern Europe and 71 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,015,574. In Romania Pegeanu is most numerous in: Gorj County, where 80 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 20 percent are found. Beside Romania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 29 percent are found.

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
Pecheanu80484/
Pesceanu804/
Pechianu67155/
Paiceanu672/
Pegounou671/
Pigeonutt6333/
Pagiyanhu631/
Piggeonut631/
Phegounou631/
Piggeonoutt568/
Pogounou531/
Piscoianu5035/
Pijeonutt501/
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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 Pegeanu
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