Scortaru Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Scortaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scortaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1181:170,15117,581
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Scorțaru (26) & Scorţaru (5) are calculated separately.

Scortaru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scortaru is most common in Romania. It can also be found in the variant forms: Scorțaru or Scorţaru. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scortaru? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,558,593rd most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name Scortaru is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Scortaru live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Scortaru is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 170,151. In Romania Scortaru is mostly concentrated in: Mehedinți County, where 37 percent are found, Prahova County, where 30 percent are found and Gorj County, where 27 percent are found. Excluding Romania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 5 percent are found and Chile, where 3 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Scortaru
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