Valciu Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Valciu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Valciu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania381:528,36539,789
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Vâlciu (54) are calculated separately.

Valciu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Valciu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Vâlciu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Valciu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Valciu reside; 91 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 84 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 528,365. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 89 percent reside and Bacău County, where 11 percent reside. Besides Romania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vâlciu9454/
Valcius92605/
Valcu911,349/
Vasilciu8651/
Valcou839/
Valciuová804/
Balcius77126/
Volcius77117/
Valcuha7711/
Balcu73500/
Vâlcu73430/
Volcu7368/
Valcó731/
Falcou67884/
Balcou67467/
Balcau67139/
Bealcu67117/
Balchu6737/
Falcau6725/
Falcui6720/
Valcuhova676/
Volcou674/
Valcsó672/
Valcuhová671/
Walchu671/

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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 Valciu
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