Romascanu Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Romascanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Romascanu 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
Romania1241:161,91816,836
Moldova311:114,88313,240
Israel151:570,50941,023
Denmark101:564,47234,222
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
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The alternate forms: Romașcanu (4) & Romaşcanu (1) are calculated separately.

Romascanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Romascanu occurs most in Romania. It can be found in the variant forms: Romașcanu or Romaşcanu. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Romascanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,198,640th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname Romascanu is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Romascanu live; 79 percent live in Eastern Europe and 79 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 161,918. In Romania it is primarily found in: Botoșani County, where 43 percent live, Iași County, where 31 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Romania it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 16 percent live and Israel, where 8 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
Romașcanu964/
Romaşcanu961/
Romacanu941/
Ramascanu89172/
Romoscanu891/
Romashkanu8411/
Romosanu824/
Ramaşcanu785/
Ramașcanu785/
Ramajanu713/
Ramasonu711/
Ramakanu711/
Ramazanau672/
Ramakannu671/
Rămășcanu671/
Ramokganu5610/
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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 Romascanu
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