Raceanu Surname

417,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Raceanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raceanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania7641:26,2803,339
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Moldova201:178,06817,570
Austria151:567,69652,281
England81:6,964,757184,742
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Răceanu (108) are calculated separately.

Raceanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Raceanu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Răceanu. Click here for further possible spellings of Raceanu.

How Common Is The Last Name Raceanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 417,348th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Raceanu are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 94 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 26,280. In Romania Raceanu is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent are found, Dâmbovița County, where 16 percent are found and Mehedinți County, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Romania Raceanu exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Moldova, where 2 percent are found.

Raceanu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Raceanu surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

Raceanu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.

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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 Raceanu
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