Salceanu Surname

448,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Salceanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salceanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania7241:27,7323,546
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Wales51:618,90625,852
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Sălceanu (147) are calculated separately.

Salceanu Last Name Facts

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

Salceanu occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Sălceanu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salceanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Salceanu is the 448,561st most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,601,510 people. The surname Salceanu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Salceanu reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 724 people, or 1 in 27,732. In Romania Salceanu is most frequent in: Galați County, where 24 percent live, Bucharest Municipality, where 18 percent live and Iași County, where 14 percent live. Not including Romania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Moldova, where 1 percent live.

Salceanu Last Name Statistics demography

Salceanu earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.04% more than the national average, earning $63,446 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sălceanu96147/
Salcieanu944/
Salcianu881,076/
Solceanu882/
Salcanou881/
Sălcieanu821/
Solcanu80515/
Sălcianu75148/
Salkanou7519/
Solkanu6732/
Soulkanou5911/
Chalkanus592/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Salceanu
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