Piscanu Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Piscanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piscanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2931:68,5258,209
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Pişcanu (1) are calculated separately.

Piscanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Piscanu is most common in Romania. It can appear in the variant forms: Pişcanu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piscanu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 906,170th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Piscanu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Piscanu reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 68,525. In Romania Piscanu is primarily concentrated in: Argeș County, where 24 percent are found, Bucharest Municipality, where 21 percent are found and Timiș County, where 21 percent are found. Not including Romania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pişcanu951/
Pisanu925,460/
Pisanuy864/
Phisanu862/
Pisanou861/
Puscanu861/
Pesceanu804/
Paiceanu802/
Peisanau801/
Pisanú771/
Pikanu771/
Piokanu715/
Peschangou711/
Pesanou711/
Pecheanu67484/
Paizanou676/
Peshkanu671/
Pikangou671/
Phikhanut6349/
Poisonault590/
Pezanou5716/
Peykanu5710/
Phekanu573/
Pézanou571/
Pijonutt531/
Peerzanu531/

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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 Piscanu
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