Ripanu Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ripanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ripanu 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
Romania3051:65,8297,909
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Rîpanu (243) are calculated separately.

Ripanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ripanu (Oriya: ରିପାନୁ) occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Rîpanu. For other possible spellings of Ripanu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ripanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ripanu is the 870,423rd most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ripanu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 65,829. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Neamț County, where 47 percent live, Vaslui County, where 35 percent live and Bacău County, where 14 percent live. Other than Romania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 1 percent live and Spain, 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
Rîpanu94243/
Ripeanu92504/
Riphanou861/
Rupanu83119/
Repanu8313/
Rîpeanu77139/
Repeanu7730/
Repanou7717/
Răpeanu7710/
Riepenau7113/
Ruepannu711/
Reponu671/
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Ripanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ripanu in the Oriya language
ରିପାନୁripanu-

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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 Ripanu
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