Silisteanu Surname

462,174th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 730 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Silisteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Silisteanu 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
Romania6921:29,0143,719
Greece271:410,36354,524
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Silișteanu (125) & Silişteanu (98) are calculated separately.

Silisteanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silisteanu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Silișteanu or Silişteanu. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silisteanu? popularity and diffusion

Silisteanu is the 462,174th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,982,940 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Silisteanu live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname Silisteanu is most commonly held in Romania, where it is borne by 692 people, or 1 in 29,014. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bacău County, where 26 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 23 percent reside and Dâmbovița County, where 12 percent reside. Barring Romania it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

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
Silișteanu97125/
Silişteanu9798/
Zilisteanu907/
Selisteanu905/
Silitangu843/
Sălişteanu801/
Selestianus674/
Selestinus6030/
Celestinu5326/
Celestinus5039/

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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 Silisteanu
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