Silveanu Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Silveanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silveanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1081:185,90618,848
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Silveanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silveanu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silveanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,718,748th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Silveanu live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Silveanu is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 185,906. In Romania Silveanu is most common in: Argeș County, where 88 percent reside, Botoșani County, where 4 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Romania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Switzerland, 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
  • 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 Silveanu
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