Putanu Surname

790,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Putanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Putanu 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
Romania3511:57,2027,006
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Putanu (45) may also be a first name.

Putanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Putanu (Hindi: पुतानू, Oriya: ପୁତନୁ) is found most frequently in Romania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Putanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Putanu is the 790,102nd most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Putanu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe. Putanu is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 45 people.

This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 57,202. In Romania it is most frequent in: Galați County, where 47 percent live, Constanța County, where 13 percent live and Vrancea County, where 13 percent live. Barring Romania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 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
Puttanu9264/
Puteanu9246/
Pudtanu922/
Puteanus8632/
Putthanu8627/
Phuttanu866/
Pitanu8314/
Potanu831/
Phutthanu801,186/
Putthanut804/
Phouttanu801/
Pitainu7717/
Pithanu771/
Pittanau710/
Phuthotnu674/
Potonu673/
Phidthanou631/
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Putanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Putanu in the Oriya language
ପୁତନୁputanu-
Putanu in the Hindi language
पुतानूputanu66.67
पुटानूputanu16.67
पुतनूputanu16.67

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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 Putanu
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