Scortanu Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Scortanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scortanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania6601:30,4213,874
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Scorţanu (56) & Scorțanu (14) are calculated separately.

Scortanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scortanu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Scorţanu or Scorțanu. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scortanu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scortanu is the 490,085th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Scortanu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 660 people, or 1 in 30,421. In Romania it is primarily found in: Bacău County, where 63 percent reside, Hunedoara County, where 14 percent reside and Iași County, where 11 percent reside. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 1 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Scortanu
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