Rapiteanu Surname

820,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Rapiteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rapiteanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3291:61,0277,382
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England21:27,859,030389,889

The alternate forms: Răpiţeanu (53) & Răpițeanu (2) are calculated separately.

Rapiteanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rapiteanu is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Răpiţeanu or Răpițeanu. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rapiteanu.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapiteanu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rapiteanu is the 820,032nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. Rapiteanu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Rapiteanu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Romania, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 61,027. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Buzău County, where 90 percent are found, Bucharest Municipality, where 8 percent are found and Vrancea County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Romania Rapiteanu exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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