Pietreanu Surname

717,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Pietreanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pietreanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3871:51,8816,426
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pietreanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pietreanu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pietreanu.

How Common Is The Last Name Pietreanu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 717,442nd most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pietreanu reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 51,881. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Teleorman County, where 59 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 28 percent reside and Argeș County, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Romania this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petreanu941,558/
Pitreanu941/
Petreanou891/
Petranu8814/
Pietroianu848/
Phetranu82259/
Petrenus821/
Petranus821/
Petroianu78445/
Phetranui7874/
Phetranut784/
Petrinu751/
Poitrenaud74444/
Poitrenaux7412/
Petrinou7132/
Phutranu714/
Putrannu711/
Petrinous671/
Pestrinaux631/

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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
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  • 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 Pietreanu
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