Most common surnames in Romania

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in Romania

Popa
#1
4.749.562
bearers (top 100)
100
surnames
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Romania, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Popescu
128.553
2
Popa
170.718
1
Pop
116.467
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Popa 170.718
3.6%
2 Popescu 128.553
2.7%
3 Pop 116.467
2.5%
4 Radu 110.591
2.3%
5 Dumitru 89.659
1.9%
6 Stan 81.364
1.7%
7 Stoica 79.986
1.7%
8 Gheorghe 79.542
1.7%
9 Matei 76.799
1.6%
10 Rusu 72.582
1.5%
11 Mihai 69.728
1.5%
12 Ciobanu 69.068
1.5%
13 Constantin 67.565
1.4%
14 Marin 67.409
1.4%
15 Ionescu 62.307
1.3%
16 Florea 62.035
1.3%
17 Ilie 61.494
1.3%
18 Toma 61.459
1.3%
19 Stanciu 61.006
1.3%
20 Munteanu 60.032
1.3%
21 Vasile 58.719
1.2%
22 Oprea 58.521
1.2%
23 Tudor 58.033
1.2%
24 Sandu 57.606
1.2%
25 Moldovan 56.793
1.2%
26 Ion 55.224
1.2%
27 Ungureanu 55.174
1.2%
28 Dinu 55.112
1.2%
29 Andrei 53.380
1.1%
30 Barbu 51.805
1.1%
31 Serban 51.510
1.1%
32 Neagu 51.017
1.1%
33 Cristea 47.890
1%
34 Anghel 47.880
1%
35 Lazar 47.839
1%
36 Dragomir 47.553
1%
37 Enache 46.838
1%
38 Badea 46.764
1%
39 Stefan 46.411
1%
40 Vlad 45.942
1%
41 Mocanu 44.586
0.9%
42 Iordache 43.644
0.9%
43 Coman 43.109
0.9%
44 Cojocaru 42.999
0.9%
45 Grigore 42.540
0.9%
46 Voicu 41.820
0.9%
47 Dobre 41.707
0.9%
48 Petre 41.488
0.9%
49 Nagy 41.294
0.9%
50 Lupu 41.011
0.9%
51 Lungu 40.989
0.9%
52 Ivan 40.842
0.9%
53 Ene 40.486
0.9%
54 Preda 40.009
0.8%
55 Roman 39.902
0.8%
56 Ionita 38.474
0.8%
57 Iancu 38.204
0.8%
58 Nicolae 37.358
0.8%
59 Balan 37.163
0.8%
60 Manea 36.775
0.8%
61 Nistor 36.706
0.8%
62 Stoian 36.408
0.8%
63 Avram 36.353
0.8%
64 Pavel 36.149
0.8%
65 Simion 36.106
0.8%
66 Rus 36.026
0.8%
67 Iacob 35.650
0.8%
68 Bucur 34.532
0.7%
69 Luca 34.098
0.7%
70 Olteanu 33.955
0.7%
71 Filip 33.067
0.7%
72 Tanase 32.884
0.7%
73 Costea 32.437
0.7%
74 Craciun 32.350
0.7%
75 David 32.170
0.7%
76 Stancu 31.911
0.7%
77 Dumitrescu 31.891
0.7%
78 Marcu 31.887
0.7%
79 Muresan 31.771
0.7%
80 Diaconu 31.664
0.7%
81 Nedelcu 31.518
0.7%
82 Rotaru 31.411
0.7%
83 Baciu 31.309
0.7%
84 Szabo 30.806
0.6%
85 Zaharia 30.422
0.6%
86 Costache 29.366
0.6%
87 Alexandru 28.979
0.6%
88 Suciu 28.908
0.6%
89 Dan 28.875
0.6%
90 Anton 28.787
0.6%
91 Bogdan 28.474
0.6%
92 Rosu 28.384
0.6%
93 Moraru 27.986
0.6%
94 Toader 27.369
0.6%
95 Paraschiv 26.573
0.6%
96 Sava 26.293
0.6%
97 Nica 25.964
0.5%
98 Kovacs 25.908
0.5%
99 Nita 25.741
0.5%
100 Muntean 25.699
0.5%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Romania?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in Romania is Popa, with 170.718. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in Romania?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Romania. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
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