Ripeanu Surname
Approximately 504 people bear this surname
Ripeanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 496 | 1:40,480 | 5,150 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Rîpeanu (139) are calculated separately.
Ripeanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ripeanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ripeanu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Rîpeanu. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ripeanu? popularity and diffusion
Ripeanu is the 612,595th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ripeanu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname Ripeanu is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 40,480. In Romania it is most frequent in: Vâlcea County, where 24 percent live, Buzău County, where 21 percent live and Brașov County, where 18 percent live. Outside of Romania Ripeanu is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ripeanu
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