1000 Most Common Surnames in Romania

Rank The surname's ranking is determined by its frequency of occurrence	Surname	Incidence The number of people who share the same surname	Frequency The ratio of people who share the same surname
1	Popa Romanian: status name from Romanian popa ‘priest’ (in the case of Orthodox families, whose priests were allowed to marry), or (in the case of Roman Catholic families) a nickname for a pious individual. Hungarian (Pópa): nickname from pópa ‘priest’, in particular an Eastern Orthodox priest.	170,718	1:118
2	Popescu Romanian: unexplained.	128,553	1:156
3	Pop Romanian: variant of Popa.	116,467	1:172
4	Radu Romanian: from a short form of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with the element rad- ‘joyful’. Compare Radek.	110,591	1:182
5	Dumitru Romanian: from the personal name Dumitru, equivalent to Greek Demetrios (Latin Demetrius; see Demetriou).	89,659	1:224
6	Stan Romanian: unexplained. Possibly from a shortened form of the Slavic personal name Stanislav (see Stanislaw).	81,364	1:247
7	Stoica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	79,986	1:251
8	Gheorghe	79,542	1:252
9	Matei	76,799	1:261
10	Rusu	72,582	1:277
11	Mihai	69,728	1:288
12	Ciobanu	69,068	1:291
13	Constantin French and Romanian: from the medieval personal name Constantin, French and Romanian form of Constantine. Shortened form of Greek Konstantinos, from the personal name (see Constantine).	67,565	1:297
14	Marin Spanish (Marín), French, English, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian: from the Latin personal name Marinus, borne by several minor early saints. Originally this was a Roman family name derived from Marius (compare Marie), but was often taken to mean ‘of the sea’. Italian (Venetia): variant of Marino. Serbian, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the personal name Marija or its short form Mara (see Maria). Galician and Spanish: habitational name from a place called Marín, in particular the one in Pontevedra, Galicia. French: occupational name for a sailor, Old French marin (Late Latin marinus, a derivative of mare ‘sea’). Asturian-Leonese (Marín): occupational name for a sailor in Asturies.	67,409	1:298
15	Ionescu Romanian: patronymic from the personal name Ion (see John).	62,307	1:322
16	Florea Romanian: from the medieval personal name Florea, probably a derivative of floare (from Latin flos, floris), with the diminutive suffix -ea.	62,035	1:324
17	Ilie	61,494	1:327
18	Toma Italian, French, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, etc.: from a short form of the personal name Thomas (Italian Tommaso, French Thomas, Polish Tomasz). Arabic: from Tuma, Arabic form of Thomas. Japanese (Toma): variously written with characters used phonetically; two such combinations mean ‘Tang Chinese space’ and ‘appropriate truth’ and are found mostly in the Ryukyu Islands.	61,459	1:327
19	Stanciu	61,006	1:329
20	Munteanu	60,041	1:334
21	Vasile Italian (Sicily): from a Sicilian variant, under Greek influence, of the personal name Basile (see Basil). Romanian: from the personal name Vasile, Romanian form of Basil.	58,719	1:342
22	Oprea Romanian: unexplained.	58,521	1:343
23	Tudor Welsh: from the personal name Tudur, which is of ancient Celtic origin and unexplained etymology. It has sometimes been erroneously taken as a Welsh equivalent of Latin Theodorus, Greek Theodoros (see Theodore), for which the usual Welsh form is Tewdwr.	58,033	1:346
24	Sandu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	57,606	1:349
25	Moldovan Romanian, Ukrainian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): ethnic name for a Moldavian or regional name for someone from Moldavia, the area lying between the eastern range of the Carpathians and the Prut river.	56,793	1:354
26	Ion Romanian: from the personal name Ion (see John). English: probably a variant of John.	55,224	1:364
27	Ungureanu	55,174	1:364
28	Dinu	55,112	1:364
29	Andrei	53,373	1:376
30	Barbu	51,805	1:388
31	Serban The meaning of this surname is not listed.	51,510	1:390
32	Neagu	51,017	1:394
33	Cristea	47,890	1:419
34	Anghel	47,880	1:419
35	Lazar Jewish, German, Hungarian (Lázár), Slovenian, and Polish: from a personal name of Aramaic origin, a reduced form of the Hebrew male personal name Elazar, composed of the elements El ‘God’ + azar ‘help’, and meaning ‘may God help him’ or ‘God has helped (i.e., by granting a son)’. This was well established in central Europe as a Jewish name, but was also popular among Christians because it is recorded in the New Testament. Lazaros is the New Testament Greek form of the name of the brother of Martha and Mary, who was restored to life by Christ (John 11: 1–44). As a non-Jewish name it was also used as a nickname for a beggar or an outcast leper; this use arises from the parable of Dives and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19–31). It may also be Greek, a shortened form of a patronymic based on this name, for example Lazarakis, Lazaridis, Lazaroglou, Lazaropoulos. Slovenian: topographic name for someone who lived in a area of cleared woodland, from laz ‘cleared woodland’ + the agent noun suffix -ar.	47,839	1:420
36	Dragomir	47,553	1:422
37	Enache	46,838	1:429
38	Badea	46,764	1:429
39	Stefan Slovenian and Slovak (Štefan), Polish, and Romanian: from the personal names Štefan (Slovenian and Slovak) or Stefan, Latin Stephanus (see Steven).	46,411	1:433
40	Vlad Czech, Slovak, and Romanian: from a short form of the personal name Vladislav, an old Slavic name composed of the elements volod ‘rule’ + slav ‘glory’, Latinized as Ladislaus and found in Hungarian as László (see Laszlo).	45,942	1:437
41	Mocanu	44,586	1:450
42	Iordache	43,644	1:460
43	Coman English (Norfolk): unexplained. Romanian: unexplained.	43,109	1:466
44	Cojocaru	42,999	1:467
45	Grigore	42,540	1:472
46	Voicu	41,820	1:480
47	Dobre	41,707	1:481
48	Petre English: variant spelling of Peter. Swedish (Petré): shortened form of Petrejus or Petraeus, Latinized patronymics from the personal name Per, Pär (see Peter). Slovenian: derivative of the personal name Peter. French (Pêtre): metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or grocer, from Old French pistel, pestel ‘pestle’.	41,488	1:484
49	Nagy Hungarian and Jewish (from Hungary): nickname for a large or powerful person, from Hungarian nagy ‘big’. The family name is contrasted with Kiss and was sometimes used to describe the older of two bearers of the same personal name. Indian: variant of Nagi.	41,294	1:486
50	Lupu Romanian: nickname from lupu ‘wolf’, from Latin lupus. Jewish (from Romania): from Romanian lupu ‘wolf’, a translation of the personal name Wolf.	41,011	1:490
51	Lungu	40,989	1:490
52	Ivan Romanian, Hungarian (Iván), and Slovak: from the personal name Ivan, eastern Slavic form of John. It may also be a shortened form of a Slovenian or Croatian patronymic derived from the personal name Ivan (i.e. Slovenian Ivanc, Ivancic, or Ivanjko; Croatian Ivancic, Ivanic, Ivancevic).	40,842	1:492
53	Ene	40,486	1:496
54	Preda	40,009	1:502
55	Roman Catalan, French, English, German (also Romann), Polish, Hungarian (Román), Romanian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian: from the Latin personal name Romanus, which originally meant ‘Roman’. This name was borne by several saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen. English, French, and Catalan: regional or ethnic name for someone from Rome or from Italy in general, or a nickname for someone who had some connection with Rome, as for example having been there on a pilgrimage. Compare Romero.	39,902	1:503
56	Ionita	38,474	1:522
57	Iancu	38,204	1:526
58	Nicolae	37,358	1:537
59	Balan	37,163	1:540
60	Manea	36,775	1:546
61	Nistor	36,706	1:547
62	Stoian The meaning of this surname is not listed.	36,408	1:551
63	Avram Jewish (of Slavic or Romanian origin): variant of Abraham.	36,353	1:552
64	Pavel Czech, Slovak, and Romanian: from the personal name Pavel, Czech form of Paul.	36,149	1:555
65	Simion The meaning of this surname is not listed.	36,106	1:556
66	Rus Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian (of Slavicnorigin): ethnic name for a Russian. DM, SL, DBR Czech:ndescriptive nickname from the adjective rusý ‘strawberrynblond’. DM Slovenian and Croatian (northern Croatia): nicknamenfrom the adjective rus ‘red-haired’, or from the dialect wordnrus ‘cockroach’. Compare Ros 3. SL	36,026	1:557
67	Iacob	35,650	1:563
68	Bucur	34,532	1:581
69	Luca Italian: from the personal name Luca, from Latin Lucas. Southern Italian (Lucà): possibly from a short form of Greek Loukanos, denoting an inhabitant of Lucania (see Lucas). Dutch: variant of Lucas. Hungarian: from Luca, a pet form of the personal name Lucia, feminine form of Lucio, from Latin Lucius.	34,098	1:589
70	Olteanu	33,955	1:591
71	Filip Romanian, Polish, Czech, and other European: from the personal name Filip, a vernacular form of the Greek personal name Philippos (see Philip).	33,067	1:607
72	Tanase The meaning of this surname is not listed.	32,884	1:611
73	Costea Romanian: unexplained.	32,437	1:619
74	Craciun	32,350	1:621
75	David Jewish, Welsh, Scottish, English, French, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak (Dávid) and Slovenian: from the Hebrew personal name David ‘beloved’, which has been perennially popular among Jews, in honor of the Biblical king of this name, the greatest of the early kings of Israel. His prominence, and the vivid narrative of his life contained in the First Book of Samuel, led to adoption of the name in various parts of Europe, notably Britain, among Christians in the Middle Ages. The popularity of this as a personal name was increased in Britain, firstly by virtue of its being the name of the patron saint of Wales (about whom very little is known: he was probably a 6th-century monk and bishop) and secondly because it was borne by two kings of Scotland (David I, reigning 1124–53, and David II, 1329–71). Its popularity in Russia is largely due to the fact that this was the ecclesiastical name adopted by St. Gleb (died 1015), one of two sons of Prince Vladimir of Kiev who were martyred for their Christian zeal.	32,170	1:624
76	Stancu	31,911	1:629
77	Dumitrescu	31,891	1:630
78	Marcu	31,887	1:630
79	Muresan	31,771	1:632
80	Diaconu	31,664	1:634
81	Nedelcu	31,518	1:637
82	Rotaru	31,411	1:639
83	Baciu	31,309	1:641
84	Szabo	30,806	1:652
85	Zaharia	30,422	1:660
86	Costache	29,366	1:684
87	Alexandru	28,979	1:693
88	Suciu	28,908	1:695
89	Dan Ethnic name in various European languages (including Danish and English) meaning ‘Dane’. Romanian: unexplained. Vietnamese: unexplained.	28,875	1:695
90	Anton From Anton, a vernacular form of Latin Antonius (see Anthony) in Spanish (Antón), German, Swedish, Czech (Anton or Anton, short forms of Antonín), and several other languages.	28,787	1:697
91	Bogdan Polish, Slovak, Slovenian (Prekmurje, i.e. easternmost Slovenia), and Serbian: from the common Slavic personal name Bogdan, bohdan composed of the elements Bog ‘God’ + dan ‘gift’. This was not a Christian name sanctioned by the Orthodox Church, but was common as a familiar vernacular name, equivalent to Greek Theodoros ‘gift of God’ (see Theodore) or Theodotos ‘given by God’. As an American surname, it may also be a shortened form of any of numerous other Slavic surnames formed from this personal name. This is also found as a Romanian name. Hungarian (Bogdán): habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Bogdány, in Abaúj, Pest, Szabolcs, and Veszprém counties, or in Máramaros, now in Romania. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of numerous places in Belarus and Poland called Bogdany.	28,465	1:705
92	Rosu	28,384	1:707
93	Moraru	27,986	1:717
94	Toader	27,369	1:734
95	Paraschiv	26,573	1:756
96	Sava The meaning of this surname is not listed.	26,293	1:764
97	Nica	25,964	1:773
98	Kovacs Hungarian (Kovács): occupational name for a blacksmith, Hungarian kovács, a loanword from Slavic.	25,908	1:775
99	Nita	25,741	1:780
100	Muntean ethnic name for someone from Wallachia (Romanian Muntania ‘the mountain region’). topographic name from muntean ‘mountain dweller’.	25,699	1:781
101	Constantinescu	25,509	1:787
102	Albu Romanian: descriptive nickname meaning ‘white’.	25,312	1:793
103	Cretu	25,246	1:795
104	Calin	25,055	1:801
105	Olaru	24,559	1:818
106	Varga Hungarian: occupational name from Hungarian varga ‘cobbler’, ‘shoemaker’. It is also found as a Slovenian surname in easternmost Slovenia. Czech and Slovak: nickname for a miserable or complaining person, from vargat ‘lament’, ‘moan’, ‘complain’. Slovak and Ukrainian: descriptive nickname from varga ‘lip’. Compare Polish Warga.	24,489	1:820
107	Georgescu Romanian: patronymic from the personal name Georgiu (see George).	24,476	1:820
108	Dragan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	24,138	1:832
109	Popovici	23,921	1:839
110	Ardelean Romanian: habitational name for someone from Transylvania, Hungarian name Erdély (see Erdelyi).	23,786	1:844
111	Dumitrache	23,613	1:850
112	Chiriac	23,445	1:856
113	Petcu	23,351	1:860
114	Miron Spanish (Mirón): Castilianized spelling of Catalan Miró (see Miro). Spanish (Mirón): from mirón, a derivative of mirar ‘to look’ (Latin mirare), possibly a nickname in the sense ‘nosy’, ‘inquisitive’. French: from a diminutive of Mire. Greek: variant of Myron.	23,243	1:864
115	Dima	23,008	1:873
116	Mihalache	22,955	1:875
117	Zamfir	22,526	1:891
118	Paun	22,490	1:893
119	Marinescu	22,189	1:905
120	Petrescu	21,851	1:919
121	Niculae	21,712	1:925
122	Ghita	21,701	1:925
123	Neacsu	21,488	1:934
124	Soare (Anglo-French-Teut.) With Reddish-Brown or Yellowish-Brown Hair. [Old French sor(e (French saur(e); of Teutonic orig.: cp. Low Ger. soor-M.Dut, sore (Dutch zoor) = Old English sear, dry, withered] In our 13th and 14th cent, records we find the surnames ‘le Sor', 'le Sore’, and ‘le Soar’] Soare appearing at the beginning of the 17th cent.	21,454	1:936
125	Moise French (Moïse) and Jewish: from the personal name Moise (see Moses). Italian (also Moisé): from a variant of the personal name Mosè, Italian equivalent of Moses.	20,966	1:958
126	Bratu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	20,906	1:960
127	Damian The meaning of this surname is not listed.	20,348	1:987
128	Ursu	19,918	1:1,008
129	Croitoru	19,804	1:1,014
130	Istrate	19,790	1:1,015
131	Sirbu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	19,639	1:1,022
132	Pascu	19,459	1:1,032
133	Savu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	19,375	1:1,036
134	Manole	19,182	1:1,047
135	Dinca	19,072	1:1,053
136	Apostol Shortened form of Greek Apostolos. Spanish (Apóstol) and French: nickname for a pious or serious man, from Greek apostolos ‘apostle’ (Old French apostol, French apôtre; the Old French word was also used to denote the Pope). See also Apostle. Hungarian: from the old ecclesiastical personal name Apostol, a vernacular form of Apostolos.	18,958	1:1,059
137	Micu	18,844	1:1,065
138	Stroe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	18,771	1:1,070
139	Nitu	18,731	1:1,072
140	Draghici The meaning of this surname is not listed.	18,453	1:1,088
141	Crisan Romanian: unexplained.	18,234	1:1,101
142	Tudorache	18,166	1:1,105
143	Cozma	18,025	1:1,114
144	Grosu	17,989	1:1,116
145	Rosca	17,443	1:1,151
146	Oancea	17,275	1:1,162
147	Ignat	17,266	1:1,163
148	Radulescu	17,138	1:1,172
149	Adam From the Biblical personal name Adam, which was borne, according to Genesis, by the first man. It is the generic Hebrew term for ‘man’, probably from Hebrew adama ‘earth’. Compare the classical Greek legend that Zeus fashioned the first human beings from earth. It was very popular as a personal name among non-Jews throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, and the surname is found in one form or another in most of the countries of Europe. Jews, however, have never used this personal name, except in recent times under Polish and English influence. Among Scottish and Irish bearers it is sometimes a reduced form of McAdam.	17,040	1:1,178
150	Mihaila	17,023	1:1,179
151	Sima (Spanish) Dweller near a hole or pit in the ground, or at the top of the hill.	16,938	1:1,185
152	Irimia	16,891	1:1,189
153	Molnar Hungarian (Molnár) and Jewish (from Hungary): occupational name from molnár ‘miller’, probably a Magyarized form of the Slavic word for a miller, mlinar. Molnar is also found as a Slovenian surname. Dutch: variant of Molenaar ‘miller’.	16,809	1:1,194
154	Necula	16,795	1:1,195
155	Ciocan	16,728	1:1,200
156	Manolache	16,706	1:1,202
157	Balint The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,704	1:1,202
158	Grecu	16,657	1:1,205
159	Burlacu	16,488	1:1,218
160	Nastase Romanian: from a reduced form of the personal name Anastas.	16,405	1:1,224
161	Macovei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,997	1:1,255
162	Pirvu	15,992	1:1,255
163	Turcu	15,952	1:1,259
164	Simon English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Simón), Czech and Slovak (Šimon), Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name, Hebrew Shim‘on, which is probably derived from the verb sham‘a ‘to hearken’. In the Vulgate and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament, this is usually rendered Simeon. In the Greek New Testament, however, the name occurs as Simon, as a result of assimilation to the pre-existing Greek byname Simon (from simos ‘snub-nosed’). Both Simon and Simeon were in use as personal names in western Europe from the Middle Ages onward. In Christendom the former was always more popular, at least in part because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain there was also confusion from an early date with Anglo-Scandinavian forms of Sigmund (see Siegmund), a name whose popularity was reinforced at the Conquest by the Norman form Simund.	15,940	1:1,260
165	Kiss Hungarian: from kis ‘small’, applied as a nickname for a person of small stature or the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. English: from Anglo-Norman French cuisse ‘thigh’ (from Latin coxa), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of leg armor, which was normally of leather. German: variant of Kisch (of Czech origin).	15,762	1:1,274
166	Marian Romanian: from the personal name Marian, from Latin Marianus (see Mariano). English and French: from a pet form of Marie.	15,621	1:1,285
167	Chirila	15,528	1:1,293
168	Panait	15,512	1:1,294
169	Cazacu	15,456	1:1,299
170	Teodorescu	15,053	1:1,334
171	Trandafir	15,032	1:1,336
172	Militaru	15,030	1:1,336
173	Oltean	14,872	1:1,350
174	Stanescu	14,737	1:1,362
175	Farcas	14,563	1:1,379
176	Negru	14,563	1:1,379
177	Maxim French and Dutch: from the personal name Maxim (from Latin Maximus ‘greatest’, superlative of magnus ‘great’), borne by a number of early Christian saints.	14,561	1:1,379
178	Toth Hungarian (Tóth): ethnic name for a Slovak or a Slovenian, Hungarian tót. It is also found in Prekmurje, the easternmost part of Slovenia, where it is spelled both Toth and Tot. German: nickname from Middle High German tot ‘death’. German: nickname from Middle High German tote ‘godfather’.	14,484	1:1,386
179	Gabor The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,371	1:1,397
180	Florescu	14,202	1:1,414
181	Dumitrascu	14,100	1:1,424
182	Pintilie	14,097	1:1,424
183	Tamas The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,051	1:1,429
184	Morar Indian (Gujarat): Hindu name of unknown origin. Romanian: unexplained.	14,041	1:1,430
185	Cosma Romanian and Italian: from the personal name Cosma (from Latin Cosmas, Greek Kosmas, a derivative of kosmos ‘order’, ‘arrangement’, ‘ordered universe’). St. Cosmas was martyred together with his brother Damian in Cilicia in the early 4th century ad. Together, they came to be widely revered as patron saints of doctors. See also Damian. Possibly a shortened form of the Greek family names Cosmaïdis or Cosmadopoulos, all formed from the personal name Kosmas.	13,937	1:1,441
186	Visan	13,937	1:1,441
187	Chirita The meaning of this surname is not listed.	13,841	1:1,451
188	Danciu	13,813	1:1,454
189	Dogaru	13,782	1:1,457
190	Gavrila	13,711	1:1,464
191	Tudose	13,710	1:1,464
192	Voinea	13,704	1:1,465
193	Dascalu	13,701	1:1,465
194	Moldoveanu	13,660	1:1,470
195	Lazăr	13,619	1:1,474
196	Pana	13,491	1:1,488
197	Mihalcea	13,424	1:1,496
198	Patrascu	13,106	1:1,532
199	Negrea	13,045	1:1,539
200	Trif	13,034	1:1,540
201	Mircea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,919	1:1,554
202	Ichim	12,879	1:1,559
203	Alexe	12,873	1:1,560
204	Grigoras	12,859	1:1,561
205	Costin English: variant of Costain.	12,754	1:1,574
206	Iliescu	12,743	1:1,576
207	Bejan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,700	1:1,581
208	Nechita	12,608	1:1,592
209	Mirea	12,586	1:1,595
210	Neagoe	12,583	1:1,596
211	Cucu	12,492	1:1,607
212	Puiu	12,314	1:1,630
213	Musat	12,129	1:1,655
214	Prodan	12,109	1:1,658
215	Banu	12,049	1:1,666
216	Stefanescu	12,029	1:1,669
217	Olariu	11,930	1:1,683
218	Ispas	11,918	1:1,685
219	Szekely The Székelys are a subgroup of Hungarians, living mostly in present day Romania. The name was originally given to people affiliated with this group.	11,863	1:1,692
220	Blaga	11,844	1:1,695
221	Danila	11,755	1:1,708
222	Trifan	11,634	1:1,726
223	Gal	11,624	1:1,727
224	Groza	11,609	1:1,730
225	Bota The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,508	1:1,745
226	Boboc The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,435	1:1,756
227	Maftei	11,429	1:1,757
228	Vaduva	11,330	1:1,772
229	Vasilescu	11,299	1:1,777
230	Gherman	11,112	1:1,807
231	Szasz The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,090	1:1,810
232	Antal Hungarian: from the personal name Antal, a Hungarian form of Antonius (see Anthony).	11,074	1:1,813
233	Petrea Romanian: from Petrea, Romanian form of the personal name Peter.	11,042	1:1,818
234	Martin English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Spanish (Martín), Italian (Venice), etc.: from a personal name (Latin Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’). This was borne by a famous 4th-century saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. As a North American surname, this form has absorbed many cognates from other European forms. English: habitational name from any of several places so called, principally in Hampshire, Lincolnshire, and Worcestershire, named in Old English as ‘settlement by a lake’ (from mere or mær ‘pool’, ‘lake’ + tun ‘settlement’) or as ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from (ge)mære ‘boundary’ + tun ‘settlement’). The place name has been charged from Marton under the influence of the personal name Martin.	10,919	1:1,839
235	Cornea	10,847	1:1,851
236	Ganea	10,805	1:1,858
237	Gheorghiu	10,792	1:1,860
238	Chivu	10,790	1:1,861
239	Pintea	10,784	1:1,862
240	Staicu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,731	1:1,871
241	Niculescu	10,637	1:1,888
242	Tănase	10,574	1:1,899
243	Burcea	10,556	1:1,902
244	Solomon Jewish, English, Scottish, Dutch, French, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish (Solomón): vernacular form of the Biblical Hebrew male personal name Shelomo (a derivative of shalom ‘peace’). This was fairly widespread in the Middle Ages among Christians; it has for generations been a popular Jewish name. In the Bible it is the name of King David’s successor, noted for his wisdom. Among Christians it was also used as a nickname for a man who was considered wise. In North America it is also found as an Anglicized form of Salomon and Salamon.	10,551	1:1,903
245	Botezatu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,510	1:1,910
246	Miu Chinese: variant of Miao. Romanian: unexplained.	10,428	1:1,925
247	Iorga	10,366	1:1,937
248	Sabau	10,318	1:1,946
249	Nicola Italian: from the male personal name Nicola, from Greek Nikolaos (see Nicholas). This was a very common Italian name in the Middle Ages.	10,309	1:1,948
250	Duta	10,278	1:1,953
251	Pal Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Kayasth) name, from Sanskrit pala ‘protector’, ‘keeper’, ‘guard’, ‘herdsman’ (compare gopala ‘cowherd’), an epithet of the god Krishna and a common personal name. A Pala dynasty that was founded by one Gopala in the 8th century ruled in Bengal and Bihar until the 12th century. Hungarian (Pál): from the personal name Pál, Hungarian form of Paul. This name is also found, spelled Pal, in Slovenia (Prekmurje) and northern and eastern Croatia.	10,238	1:1,961
252	Alexa Czech and Slovak: from a short form of the personal name Alexis or Alexander.	10,213	1:1,966
253	Cirstea	10,177	1:1,973
254	Man Chinese : variant of Wen 2. Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning. Chinese : variant of Wen 3. Chinese : variant of Wan 1. English and Jewish: variant spelling of Mann. Dutch: from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’. French: from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2). Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.	10,136	1:1,981
255	Udrea	10,129	1:1,982
256	Aldea	10,064	1:1,995
257	Cojocariu	10,018	1:2,004
258	Crăciun	9,976	1:2,013
259	Rotariu	9,923	1:2,023
260	Negoita	9,920	1:2,024
261	Ciobotaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,892	1:2,030
262	Paduraru	9,804	1:2,048
263	Biro Hungarian (Bíró): occupational name from bíró 'judge', 'local administrative leader (Szolgabíró). In some cases the name was given to a relative, assistant, or servant of a judge.	9,788	1:2,051
264	Leonte	9,779	1:2,053
265	Murariu	9,778	1:2,053
266	Covaci	9,745	1:2,060
267	Fodor Hungarian: nickname for a person with curly hair, from fodor ‘curl’.	9,625	1:2,086
268	Pricop	9,617	1:2,088
269	Dragu	9,602	1:2,091
270	Diaconescu	9,565	1:2,099
271	Bodea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,551	1:2,102
272	Milea	9,521	1:2,109
273	Pasca	9,493	1:2,115
274	Carp German, Polish, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Karp. English: from Middle English, Old French carpe ‘carp’, in some cases a nickname for a greedy person or for someone thought to resemble the fish in some other way; also a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisherman or a seller of the fish. English: possibly a nickname for a garrulous or complaining person, from Middle English carp(e) ‘carping speech’.	9,446	1:2,126
275	Catana	9,445	1:2,126
276	Onofrei	9,412	1:2,133
277	Petrache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,315	1:2,155
278	Busuioc	9,303	1:2,158
279	Codreanu	9,291	1:2,161
280	Moga Romanian (Transylvania and Moldavia): nickname from Hungarian mogos, mogus, magos ‘big’, ‘tall’ (Romanian mogo).	9,289	1:2,161
281	Buzatu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,263	1:2,168
282	Vasiliu	9,258	1:2,169
283	Chis	9,252	1:2,170
284	Tomescu	9,250	1:2,171
285	Jianu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,249	1:2,171
286	Dragoi	9,195	1:2,184
287	Tataru	9,184	1:2,186
288	Ghinea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,165	1:2,191
289	Alecu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,058	1:2,217
290	Iosif	9,047	1:2,219
291	Sandor The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,035	1:2,222
292	Tanasa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,015	1:2,227
293	Epure The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,998	1:2,231
294	Şerban	8,989	1:2,234
295	Scarlat The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,979	1:2,236
296	Dobrin Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the Old Slavic personal name Dobrin, a derivative of dobr ‘good’, ‘kind’. It may also be a nickname of the same origin. Slovenian: probably a topographic name from dob ‘oak’ or from Old Slavic dobr ‘wood’, ‘forest’. This name is found mainly in the foothills of the wooded mountains of Dobrca in Gorenjska region, northern central Slovenia. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Dobre, a derivative of a Slavic word meaning ‘good’.	8,945	1:2,245
297	Radoi	8,821	1:2,276
298	Gheorghita	8,810	1:2,279
299	Filimon	8,802	1:2,281
300	Veres Hungarian: nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from veres, an old form of vörös ‘red’.	8,798	1:2,282
301	Savin	8,787	1:2,285
302	Iordan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,782	1:2,286
303	Nae The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,766	1:2,290
304	Timofte	8,753	1:2,294
305	Buta	8,737	1:2,298
306	Duma Polish: nickname from duma ‘pride’, ‘self-respect’, or dumac ‘to ponder or reflect’.	8,735	1:2,299
307	Ştefan	8,731	1:2,300
308	Călin	8,709	1:2,305
309	Achim	8,705	1:2,306
310	Peter English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc.: from the personal name Peter (Greek Petros, from petra ‘rock’, ‘stone’). The name was popular throughout Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, having been bestowed by Christ as a byname on the apostle Simon bar Jonah, the brother of Andrew. The name was chosen by Christ for its symbolic significance (John 1:42, Matt. 16:18); St. Peter is regarded as the founding head of the Christian Church in view of Christ’s saying, ‘Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church’. In Christian Germany in the early Middle Ages this was the most frequent personal name of non-Germanic origin until the 14th century. This surname has also absorbed many cognates in other languages, for example Czech Petr, Hungarian Péter. It has also been adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.	8,696	1:2,309
311	Boca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,694	1:2,309
312	Mitroi	8,688	1:2,311
313	Dumitriu	8,683	1:2,312
314	Mazilu	8,673	1:2,315
315	Vieru The Vieru surname is derived from an occupation - 'viticulturist' or 'vine-grower'. It is from the Romanian "viță de vie", which means 'vine' (from the Latin, vitis vinifera).The Vieru surname is most prevalent in the north-eastern counties of Romania and in Moldova, which is an area of rich viticulturist heritage.	8,638	1:2,324
316	Bunea	8,581	1:2,340
317	Butnaru	8,561	1:2,345
318	Ifrim	8,523	1:2,356
319	Cristian	8,519	1:2,357
320	Gherasim	8,456	1:2,374
321	Mitu	8,416	1:2,386
322	Ardeleanu	8,345	1:2,406
323	Nechifor The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,339	1:2,408
324	Chira	8,327	1:2,411
325	Feraru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,320	1:2,413
326	Balazs The name "Balazs" may originate from the latin "Blasio" family name used by the Roman Cornelia gens. Balazs correspondes to the English "Blaise" or "Blasius" in the German, Blažej in Czech. However, the origin of the word "Balazs" is far from being entirely clear.	8,317	1:2,414
327	Cazan	8,270	1:2,428
328	Giurgiu	8,235	1:2,438
329	Spiridon The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,230	1:2,440
330	Marginean	8,218	1:2,443
331	Vintila	8,206	1:2,447
332	Palade	8,204	1:2,447
333	Farkas Hungarian: from the old secular personal name (later also ecclesiastical name) Farkas. Hungarian: nickname from farkas ‘wolf’. Slovenian, Czech, and Slovak (Farkaš): nickname from Old Slavic farkaš ‘wolf’, a word of Hungarian origin. Jewish (from Hungary): translation of the Yiddish personal name Volf meaning ‘wolf’, or else an ornamental adoption of the Hungarian word.	8,135	1:2,468
334	Tofan	8,131	1:2,469
335	Demeter German: occupational name for a weaver or cloth merchant, from an agent derivative of Middle High German timit, dimit denoting a type of cloth woven with double thread. Czech and Slovak: from the personal name Demeter, derived from Greek Demetrios (Latin Demetrius; see Demetriou). Hungarian: from the ecclesiastical name Demeter, or Dömötör, from Greek Demetrios (Latin Demetrius; see Demetriou).	8,084	1:2,484
336	Scurtu	8,079	1:2,485
337	Chelaru	8,068	1:2,489
338	Apetrei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,058	1:2,492
339	Vasilache	8,020	1:2,503
340	Șerban	8,003	1:2,509
341	Gradinaru	7,950	1:2,526
342	Nicoara	7,919	1:2,535
343	State German (Stät(e)): nickname from Middle High German stæt(e) ‘firm’, ‘steadfast’, ‘constant’.	7,898	1:2,542
344	Oros Catalan (Orós): possibly from an old personal name name, Orosius, which was borne by a 4th-century theologian and disciple of St. Augustine. Aragonese (Orós): habitational name from Orós in Uesca province. Hungarian: from the old secular name Oros, or possibly an Americanized spelling of Orosz.	7,897	1:2,542
345	Dicu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,873	1:2,550
346	Ivascu	7,845	1:2,559
347	Timis	7,813	1:2,570
348	Marton English: habitational name from any of several places so called, principally in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, and North Yorkshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement by a lake’ (from mere or mær ‘pool’, ‘lake’ + tun ‘settlement’) or as ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from (ge)mære ‘boundary’ + tun ‘settlement’). Compare Martin 2. Hungarian (Márton): from the Hungarian personal name Márton (see Martin 1).	7,808	1:2,571
349	Deaconu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,802	1:2,573
350	Robu	7,706	1:2,605
351	Pantea	7,660	1:2,621
352	Banica	7,657	1:2,622
353	Drăgan	7,651	1:2,624
354	Dobrescu	7,636	1:2,629
355	Ciuca	7,621	1:2,635
356	Mateescu	7,618	1:2,636
357	Apostu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,616	1:2,636
358	Nicolescu	7,613	1:2,637
359	Deac	7,595	1:2,644
360	Birsan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,563	1:2,655
361	Mitrea	7,560	1:2,656
362	Spataru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,559	1:2,656
363	Rizea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,496	1:2,678
364	Nemes Hungarian and Jewish (from Hungary): from nemes ‘possessing noble rights and privileges’, hence a status name, sometimes denoting a servant of a nobleman, or possibly a nickname for an honorable or distinguished-looking person. As a Jewish name it is mainly of ornamental origin.	7,476	1:2,686
365	Szilagyi Szilagyi (actually; Szilágyi) is a Hungarian surname, which comes, from a place name. There is at least one settlement, called Szilágy in Hungary at the moment, but it is possible, there was more than one in the past, and there is also a county in Transylvania with the same name.	7,401	1:2,713
366	Morariu	7,400	1:2,713
367	Silaghi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,388	1:2,718
368	Păun	7,341	1:2,735
369	Lucaci	7,325	1:2,741
370	Vaida	7,322	1:2,742
371	Cercel	7,252	1:2,769
372	Cernat	7,217	1:2,782
373	Nedelea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,213	1:2,784
374	Ursache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,191	1:2,792
375	Grigorescu	7,181	1:2,796
376	Ciurea	7,133	1:2,815
377	Boros (from an ancestor's occupation) In Hungarian this name means “one who ferments and sells wine.”	7,128	1:2,817
378	Ștefan	7,126	1:2,818
379	Novac	7,123	1:2,819
380	Fratila	7,096	1:2,829
381	Bălan	7,094	1:2,830
382	Duca Italian: from the title of rank duca ‘duke’ (Latin dux, genitive ducis ‘leader’), an occupational name for someone who lived or worked in the household of a duke or a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces like a duke. Hungarian: of uncertain derivation, probably a nickname for a fat person.	7,077	1:2,837
383	Iuga	7,076	1:2,837
384	Andronache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,058	1:2,845
385	Moisa	7,043	1:2,851
386	Ioan	7,006	1:2,866
387	Buda Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, and Slovak: topographic name from Polish and Ukrainian buda, Czech bouda ‘hut’, ‘cabin’, ‘shack’, ‘stall’. Polish and Ukrainian: from a short form of any of various compound personal names beginning with Budzi-. Czech and Slovak: from a short form of the Czech personal name Budislav, composed of the elements budi- ‘to awaken or inspire’ + slav ‘glory’, or of any other personal name formed with budi- as the first element. Hungarian: habitational name from the name of the old capital of Hungary (see Budai). Slovenian (western Slovenia): perhaps a derivative from buditi ‘to awaken’.	6,999	1:2,869
388	Neamtu	6,999	1:2,869
389	Blaj	6,994	1:2,871
390	Cristescu	6,948	1:2,890
391	Faur	6,924	1:2,900
392	Bujor	6,904	1:2,908
393	Grama	6,869	1:2,923
394	Alexandrescu	6,808	1:2,949
395	Dorobantu	6,791	1:2,957
396	Kis	6,776	1:2,963
397	Surdu	6,711	1:2,992
398	Sas	6,708	1:2,993
399	Ioniţă	6,697	1:2,998
400	Puscasu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,660	1:3,015
401	Lacatus	6,653	1:3,018
402	Predescu	6,636	1:3,026
403	Vladu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,594	1:3,045
404	Orban Hungarian (Orbán): from the personal name Orbán, from Latin Urbanus (see Urban). German and Dutch: variant of Urban. French: habitational name from a place so named in Tarn.	6,592	1:3,046
405	Mocan	6,584	1:3,049
406	Maris English: variant spelling of Mares 2. Dutch: variant of Mares 3. Dutch and Belgian (van Maris): habitational name for someone from Merris in French Flanders or possibly from Maris in Dutch Limburg. Greek: probably a metronymic from the female personal name Maria.	6,573	1:3,055
407	Barbulescu	6,572	1:3,055
408	Puscas	6,563	1:3,059
409	Postolache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,522	1:3,078
410	Chiorean	6,518	1:3,080
411	Raducanu	6,517	1:3,081
412	Mihailescu	6,481	1:3,098
413	Minea	6,472	1:3,102
414	Ilies	6,443	1:3,116
415	Nicula	6,417	1:3,129
416	Sîrbu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,397	1:3,139
417	Gherghe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,392	1:3,141
418	Simionescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,343	1:3,165
419	Stanca	6,312	1:3,181
420	Jurca	6,300	1:3,187
421	Gavril	6,298	1:3,188
422	Laszlo Hungarian (László): from the personal name László, Hungarian form of an old Slavic name composed of the elements volod ‘rule’ + slav ‘glory’, which was Latinized as Ladislaus and is found in Czech as Vladislav, in Polish as Wladyslaw.	6,289	1:3,193
423	Bostan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,288	1:3,193
424	Mitran	6,287	1:3,194
425	Tache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,279	1:3,198
426	Sipos The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,276	1:3,199
427	Marica	6,271	1:3,202
428	Andronic	6,267	1:3,204
429	Arsene The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,261	1:3,207
430	Ilinca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,254	1:3,210
431	Tatar Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian (Tatár), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): ethnic name or nickname from tatar ‘Tatar’. In some languages, e.g. Czech, the word came to be used as a nickname for a wild or uncontrolled man, while in 18th-century Hungary it became a nickname for a godless person. In some cases the name was given to people who had been captured by the Tatars. The surname is also found in Greek in the form Tataris and patronymic derivatives such as Tatarakis, Tataridis, and Tataroglou.	6,250	1:3,212
432	Ungur The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,249	1:3,213
433	Dragos Romanian (Drago{s,}), and Serbian, Croatian (central Dalmatia), and Slovenian (Dragoš): from a derivative of the South Slavic personal name Dragoslav, based on the adjective drag ‘dear’, ‘beloved’. Americanized spelling of Hungarian Drágosi, a habitational name for someone from a place called Drágos(falva) in Transylvania. In some cases, perhaps a Magyarized form of Slavic Dragoš (see 1).	6,235	1:3,220
434	Mititelu	6,222	1:3,227
435	Rad Muslim: variant of Raad. German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with rad, rat ‘advice’, ‘counsel’. Hungarian (Rád): from the old secular personal name Rád, from Slavic Rad ‘joyful’ (see Rada).	6,221	1:3,227
436	Darie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,219	1:3,228
437	Maier German and Dutch: variant spelling of Mayer 2. This surname is also established in Italy. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Meyer 2.	6,216	1:3,230
438	Patru	6,191	1:3,243
439	Balaban	6,190	1:3,244
440	Neculai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,182	1:3,248
441	Axinte The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,179	1:3,249
442	Opris	6,177	1:3,250
443	Bica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,164	1:3,257
444	Marc French and Catalan: from the personal name Marc (see Mark 1).	6,164	1:3,257
445	Mihali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,160	1:3,259
446	Ionascu	6,158	1:3,260
447	Chitu	6,149	1:3,265
448	Petrisor	6,149	1:3,265
449	Plesa	6,135	1:3,273
450	Balog Hungarian: variant of Balogh. This name is also found in Slovakia, Croatia, and Ukraine.	6,134	1:3,273
451	Buga	6,105	1:3,289
452	Raileanu	6,080	1:3,302
453	Banciu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,076	1:3,304
454	Raicu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,076	1:3,304
455	Luchian	6,071	1:3,307
456	Schiopu	6,068	1:3,309
457	Manta	6,067	1:3,309
458	Matache	6,058	1:3,314
459	Buliga	6,040	1:3,324
460	Melinte The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,040	1:3,324
461	Dobra	6,024	1:3,333
462	Chiru	6,007	1:3,342
463	Dincă	6,007	1:3,342
464	Vrabie Vrabie means 'sparrow' in Romanian.	5,978	1:3,359
465	Badescu	5,961	1:3,368
466	Horvath Hungarian (Horváth) and Jewish (from Hungary): ethnic name for a Croat, from Hungarian Horvát (Croatian Hrvat). Compare Horvat. Additionally, this is found as a nickname for a Hungarian who lived in Croatia, who had dealings with Croatia, or who often traveled there. The Croats were one of the Slavic peoples who settled in what was then the Roman province of Pannonia in the 7th century ad. From 1091 to 1526 Croatia was under Hungarian rule. As a Jewish name, this indicates provenance from Croatia.	5,938	1:3,381
467	Ioniță	5,931	1:3,385
468	Mares Catalan (Marès, also Marés): topographic name from Catalan marès ‘by the sea’. English (of Norman origin): topographic name from Old French marais ‘marsh’ (Norman and Picard marese), or a habitational name from (Le) Marais in Calvados, Normandy. Dutch: metronymic from the personal name Marie. Czech and Slovak (Mareš): from a derivative of the personal names Marek or Martin.	5,927	1:3,388
469	Gergely Hungarian: from the personal name Gergely, Hungarian form Gregory.	5,882	1:3,413
470	Nan	5,873	1:3,419
471	Sandru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,869	1:3,421
472	Sabou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,838	1:3,439
473	Miclea	5,835	1:3,441
474	Obreja	5,826	1:3,446
475	Fazakas	5,814	1:3,453
476	Todea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,814	1:3,453
477	Gligor	5,804	1:3,459
478	Pap Hungarian: from pap ‘priest’, variant of Papp.	5,747	1:3,494
479	Enea Italian: from the personal name Enea, Italian form of Aeneas, the Latin name of the Trojan hero credited in classical legend with founding the Roman state.	5,710	1:3,516
480	Lefter	5,698	1:3,524
481	Ciubotariu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,692	1:3,527
482	Vulpe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,692	1:3,527
483	Anca	5,684	1:3,532
484	Ciubotaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,679	1:3,535
485	Sarbu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,679	1:3,535
486	Ioana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,672	1:3,540
487	Tatu	5,663	1:3,545
488	Lupascu	5,639	1:3,561
489	Kelemen Hungarian: from the personal name Kelemen, Hungarian form of Clement.	5,626	1:3,569
490	Jakab Hungarian: from the personal name Jakab, Hungarian form of Jacob.	5,586	1:3,594
491	Todoran	5,567	1:3,607
492	Vlaicu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,554	1:3,615
493	Dobos Hungarian: metonymic occupational name for a drummer or for a drum maker, from dob ‘drum’. Hungarian: from a pet form of any of various Slavic personal names such as Dobeslav and Dobestoj, or Czech Tobiáš or Hungarian Tóbiás (see Tobias). Czech (Doboš): variant of Dobeš (see Dobesh). Americanized spelling of Polish Dobosz.	5,541	1:3,624
494	Balogh Hungarian: from balog ‘left-handed’, from bal ‘left’, hence a nickname for a left-handed or clumsy person.	5,539	1:3,625
495	Gaspar French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, and Hungarian (Gáspár): from the personal name, which was common in central Europe up to the 18th century (see Casper). Slovenian (mainly Prekmurje in easternmost Slovenia; Gašpar): from a dialect form of the personal name Gašper (see Casper).	5,524	1:3,635
496	Todor	5,513	1:3,642
497	Ban Hungarian (Bán): from the old Hungarian personal name Bán. Hungarian, Serbian, and Croatian: from Slavic ban or Hungarian bán ‘governor’ (from Avar bajan ‘rich’, ‘rich man’), historically a status name for a regional military or administrative leader (for example the governor of Croatia in the Habsburg Empire). Slovenian: probably from a reduced form of the personal name Urban. German: variant spelling of Bann. Japanese: ‘comrade’. This name is found mostly in eastern Japan. Some families pronounce the same character as Tomo. Chinese : according to legend, during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), a noble of the state of Chu was raised and suckled by a tiger. This tiger’s skin bore markings that resembled the character for Ban, and his descendants adopted this character, which may also mean ‘team’, ‘class’, ‘group’ as their surname. Korean: variant of Pan.	5,505	1:3,647
498	Oprescu	5,488	1:3,659
499	Fulop Hungarian (Fülöp): from the personal name Fülöp, Hungarian form of Philip. Jewish (from Hungary): adoption of the Hungarian surname.	5,472	1:3,669
500	Ionica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,470	1:3,671

Rank The surname's ranking is determined by its frequency of occurrence	Surname	Incidence The number of people who share the same surname	Frequency The ratio of people who share the same surname
1	Poenaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,445	1:3,687
2	Samoila	5,443	1:3,689
3	Badiu	5,431	1:3,697
4	Voica	5,426	1:3,700
5	Balea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,407	1:3,713
6	Neag	5,404	1:3,715
7	Zanfir The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,388	1:3,726
8	Mihăilă	5,382	1:3,731
9	Panaite	5,356	1:3,749
10	Spinu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,337	1:3,762
11	Muraru	5,335	1:3,763
12	Vlasceanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,334	1:3,764
13	Pruteanu	5,329	1:3,768
14	Calota The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,313	1:3,779
15	Szakacs The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,287	1:3,798
16	Pîrvu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,273	1:3,808
17	Albert English, French, North German, Danish, Catalan, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, etc.: from the personal name Albert, composed of the Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. The standard German form is Albrecht. This, in its various forms, was one of the most popular of all European male personal names in the Middle Ages. It was borne by various churchmen, notably St. Albert of Prague, a Bohemian prince who died a martyr in 997 attempting to convert the Prussians to Christianity; also St. Albert the Great (?1193–1280), an Aristotelian theologian and tutor of Thomas Aquinas. It was also the name of princes and military leaders, such as Albert the Bear (1100–70), Margrave of Brandenburg. In more recent times it has been adopted as a Jewish family name.	5,272	1:3,808
18	Lukacs Hungarian (Lukács): from the personal name Lukács, Hungarian form of Lucas. Where this name is borne by Jews, it is an adoption of the Hungarian name.	5,270	1:3,810
19	Cadar	5,253	1:3,822
20	Lascu	5,241	1:3,831
21	Dutu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,230	1:3,839
22	Rada Spanish and Catalan: topographic name from rada ‘natural bay’. Spanish and Catalan: habitational name from places called Rada (Cantabria), Rada de Haro (Cuenca), La Rada (Albacete, Cuenca) or Rada de Moraira (Alacant), or from a Castilianized variant of Basque Arrada, habitational name from a place called Arrada in Navarre. Czech: from a short form of any of several Slavic personal names containing the first element rad- ‘glad’, ‘merry’, in particular Radoslav, in which the second element means ‘glory’, and Radomir, in which the second element means ‘great’, ‘famous’. Hungarian: from the old secular personal name Rada or Ráda, of Slavic origin.	5,225	1:3,843
23	Barabas Hungarian (Barabás), Polish (Barabasz or Barabas), Czech and Slovak (Barabáš), and Spanish (Bar(r)abás): from the New Testament personal name Barabas (Greek Barabbas) ‘son of Aba’. This was the name borne by the thief whose life was demanded by the crowd in Jerusalem in preference to that of Jesus (Matthew 27:15–21). In central Europe it was sometimes adopted as a personal name by a repentant sinner.	5,223	1:3,844
24	Dragnea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,216	1:3,849
25	Antonescu	5,213	1:3,852
26	Ana	5,206	1:3,857
27	Amariei	5,185	1:3,872
28	Vizitiu	5,173	1:3,881
29	Ureche	5,170	1:3,884
30	Andreescu	5,163	1:3,889
31	Bran Scottish: nickname from Gaelic bran ‘raven’. Galician: habitational name from either of two places in Lugo province called Bran. This is a common name in Mexico.	5,161	1:3,890
32	Butnariu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,160	1:3,891
33	Drăghici	5,154	1:3,896
34	Gyorgy	5,142	1:3,905
35	Pacurar	5,141	1:3,905
36	Vilcu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,138	1:3,908
37	Trofin The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,104	1:3,934
38	Stamate	5,099	1:3,938
39	Danci	5,097	1:3,939
40	Nicu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,097	1:3,939
41	Mirica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,085	1:3,948
42	Baicu	5,082	1:3,951
43	Bartha Hungarian: variant spelling of Barta.	5,073	1:3,958
44	Bercea	5,062	1:3,966
45	Năstase	5,061	1:3,967
46	Isac	5,055	1:3,972
47	Andries Dutch: from the personal name Andries, a vernacular form of Andreas.	5,034	1:3,988
48	Torok Hungarian (Török): ethnic name from török ‘Turkish’. The name was borne by people of ethnic Turkish descent, but also sometimes given to people who were captured by the Turks or someone who had taken part in the wars against the Ottoman Empire. In other cases the surname may be from a habitational name, from the use of a picture of a Turk as a house sign.	5,029	1:3,992
49	Enescu	5,026	1:3,995
50	Rădulescu	5,023	1:3,997
51	Olah Hungarian (Oláh): ethnic name from Hungarian oláh ‘Romanian’, old form volách, from vlach ‘Italian’, ‘speaker of a Romance language’. See also Vlach.	5,010	1:4,008
52	Vancea	4,995	1:4,020
53	Barna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,992	1:4,022
54	Precup	4,988	1:4,025
55	Frunza	4,948	1:4,058
56	Roşu	4,942	1:4,063
57	Ivanov Russian, Belorussian, and Bulgarian: patronymic from the personal name Ivan.	4,926	1:4,076
58	Cruceru	4,914	1:4,086
59	Szocs The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,903	1:4,095
60	Dina Italian: from the female personal name Dina.	4,891	1:4,105
61	Onea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,886	1:4,109
62	Olar	4,878	1:4,116
63	Velicu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,862	1:4,130
64	Chirica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,846	1:4,143
65	Demian Muslim: unexplained.	4,838	1:4,150
66	Papp German (Bavaria, Tyrol) and Dutch: from Middle High German pap ‘baby food’ and Dutch pap ‘porridge’, ‘pap’, hence perhaps a nickname denoting someone who had lost his teeth or subsisted on a meagre diet. Hungarian: from pap ‘priest’, probably an occupational name for someone in the service of a priest or a nickname for a pious person.	4,820	1:4,166
67	Trifu	4,804	1:4,179
68	Mincu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,751	1:4,226
69	Mureşan	4,743	1:4,233
70	Ciornei	4,729	1:4,246
71	Ababei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,726	1:4,248
72	Bara Scottish: habitational name from Bara, the name of an old manor and parish in East Lothian. Polish, Czech, and Slovak (Bára): from a reduced vernacular form of the Latin personal name Bartolomaeus, Polish Bartlomiej, Czech Bartolomej (see Bartholomew), or possibly from a pet form of the personal name Barbara. Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Barabás (see Barabas). French: nickname for a quarrelsome or deceitful person, from Old French barat ‘commerce’, ‘dealings’, a derivative of barater ‘to barter’. Compare Barratt. Aragonese: habitational name from Bara in Uesca province, Aragon. Catalan (Barà): respelling of Catalan Berà in Tarragona, Catalonia (see Bera).	4,726	1:4,248
73	Lica	4,710	1:4,263
74	Dinescu	4,668	1:4,301
75	Gruia The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,668	1:4,301
76	Fekete Hungarian and Jewish (from Hungary): nickname for a dark-haired or swarthy person, from Hungarian fekete ‘black’.	4,666	1:4,303
77	Stana	4,657	1:4,311
78	Morosan	4,655	1:4,313
79	Gliga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,647	1:4,321
80	Lup	4,647	1:4,321
81	Ristea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,641	1:4,326
82	Condrea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,611	1:4,354
83	Deak Hungarian (Deák): occupational or status name for a notary, scholar, priest teacher, or someone who could write in medieval Latin, deák. In old Hungarian texts the word deák refers to the Latin language, which was officially used in Hungary both in secular and ecclesiastical writing as late as the 18th century. The surname is also found in Austria, where it is sometimes spelled Deack. Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Dieck.	4,610	1:4,355
84	Cimpean	4,609	1:4,356
85	Loghin The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,609	1:4,356
86	Muscalu This is a Romanian surname, meaning 'from moskow'.	4,595	1:4,370
87	Andreica	4,585	1:4,379
88	Stanica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,583	1:4,381
89	Csiki	4,580	1:4,384
90	Gavrilă	4,570	1:4,393
91	Ferencz Hungarian: from an old spelling of the personal name, now spelled Ferenc.	4,567	1:4,396
92	Kocsis Hungarian: occupational name for a coachman or coachbuilder, from Hungarian kocsi ‘coach’, ‘wagon’, originally kocsi szekér ‘Kocs cart’, from the village of Kocs, where in the 15th century this type of conveyance, with springs, was first made. The modern English word coach and French coche are derived from this Hungarian word, as well as German Kutsche and Czech koci.	4,560	1:4,403
93	Trusca	4,555	1:4,408
94	Cismaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,554	1:4,409
95	Sanda	4,537	1:4,425
96	Balasa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,528	1:4,434
97	Ambrus	4,517	1:4,445
98	Stanila	4,513	1:4,449
99	Gaina The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,501	1:4,461
100	Doroftei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,498	1:4,464
101	Dunca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,495	1:4,467
102	Dascălu	4,491	1:4,471
103	Raducan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,481	1:4,481
104	Tudoran	4,473	1:4,489
105	Creţu	4,465	1:4,497
106	Stirbu	4,450	1:4,512
107	Morosanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,446	1:4,516
108	Paunescu	4,442	1:4,520
109	Purice The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,441	1:4,521
110	Iosub The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,433	1:4,529
111	Mutu	4,431	1:4,531
112	Niţă	4,431	1:4,531
113	Padurariu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,423	1:4,539
114	Cioara	4,418	1:4,545
115	Mezei	4,407	1:4,556
116	Papuc The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,388	1:4,576
117	Acatrinei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,381	1:4,583
118	Pană	4,373	1:4,591
119	Lorincz Hungarian (Lórincz): from the Hungarian ecclesiastical name Lórinc, from Latin Laurentius, which was the name of an early Christian martyr (see Lawrence).	4,370	1:4,594
120	Chirilă	4,339	1:4,627
121	Dumbrava The name Dumbrava comes from the Romanian word dumbrava, which means 'small forest'. It may also be derived from any one of the many towns and villages named Dumbrava located all throughout Romania.	4,331	1:4,636
122	Rotar Dutch: from the Germanic personal name Rotard, a compound of hrod ‘renown’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.	4,323	1:4,644
123	Andras Hungarian (András): from the personal name András, Hungarian form of Andreas.	4,304	1:4,665
124	Paval	4,294	1:4,676
125	Surugiu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,288	1:4,682
126	Mihu	4,286	1:4,685
127	Paul English, French, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Paul (Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about ad 34. He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early saints. The American surname has absorbed cognates from other European languages, for example Greek Pavlis and its many derivatives. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall. Catalan (Paül): habitational name from any of several places named Paül. Spanish: topographic name from paúl ‘marsh’, ‘lagoon’. Spanish: Castilianized form of Basque Padul, a habitational name from a town of this name in Araba province.	4,286	1:4,685
128	Borza The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,278	1:4,693
129	Bordea	4,277	1:4,694
130	Oana	4,267	1:4,705
131	Szabó	4,265	1:4,708
132	Anghelescu	4,253	1:4,721
133	Lazarescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,251	1:4,723
134	Bulai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,250	1:4,724
135	Cernea	4,249	1:4,725
136	Capatina	4,244	1:4,731
137	Lixandru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,239	1:4,736
138	Tiron The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,238	1:4,738
139	Văduva	4,233	1:4,743
140	Raducu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,225	1:4,752
141	Ilea	4,218	1:4,760
142	Kovács	4,202	1:4,778
143	Pascal French and English: from the personal name Pascal, Latin Paschalis, a derivative of pascha ‘Easter’, via Greek and Aramaic from Hebrew pesach ‘Passover’. Compare Italian Pasquale. possibly also an Americanized form of Greek Paskhales, which has the same origin as 1.	4,198	1:4,783
144	Iftime The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,185	1:4,798
145	Mitrache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,184	1:4,799
146	Codrea	4,173	1:4,811
147	Mate Hungarian (Máté): from the ecclesiastical personal name Máté, Hungarian form of Matthew. Slovenian: from a pet form of the personal name Matevž, Latin Matthaeus (see Matthew). Spanish (Maté): variant of Mateo. Greek: see Mates. French (Maté): from a pet form of the personal name Mathieu, French form of Matthew.	4,166	1:4,819
148	Androne	4,152	1:4,836
149	Botez The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,151	1:4,837
150	Roșu	4,147	1:4,842
151	Maria Spanish (María), Italian, Portuguese, and Hungarian (Mária): from the female personal name, Latin Maria, which arose as a back-formation from the early Christian female name Mariam. This was mistaken for an accusative case, with the usual Latin feminine accusative ending -am, but in fact it is an Aramaic form of the Hebrew name Miryam (see Marie).	4,143	1:4,846
152	Serbanescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,139	1:4,851
153	Dragne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,137	1:4,853
154	Dedu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,132	1:4,859
155	Fabian English, French, German, Italian (Venetian), Polish, Czech and Slovak (Fabián), and Hungarian (Fábián): from a personal name, Latin Fabianus, a derivative of the Roman family name Fabius. The personal name achieved considerable popularity in Europe in the Middle Ages, having been borne by a 3rd-century pope and saint. Americanized or Italianized spelling of Slovenian Fabjan or Fabijan (see 1). Jewish: adoption of the non-Jewish surname under the influence of the Yiddish personal name Fayvish.	4,117	1:4,877
156	Macarie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,111	1:4,884
157	Onica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,099	1:4,898
158	Tomoiaga	4,095	1:4,903
159	Baba Japanese: from a word meaning ‘horse-riding ground’, ‘race track’; a common place name. The surname is found mostly in west central Japan. One Baba family in Kai (now Yamanashi prefecture) were samurai, vassals of the Takeda family. Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Hungarian: from the Slavic word baba ‘old woman’, ‘grandmother’, ‘witch’, hence an unflattering nickname for a man thought to resemble an old woman. In Czech baba can also mean ‘coward’. Hungarian (Bába): habitational name from one of many places called Bába, in Abaúj, Borsod, Somogy, and Vas counties of Hungary, and Közép-Szolnok county, now in Romania. Arabic (Baba): from a diminutive of Abu ‘father’.	4,094	1:4,904
160	Bud	4,085	1:4,915
161	Chiper The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,081	1:4,920
162	Miklos Hungarian (Miklós): from the personal name Miklós, Hungarian form of Nicholas.	4,078	1:4,923
163	Bordeianu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,077	1:4,925
164	Stoicescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,077	1:4,925
165	Gherghina The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,068	1:4,936
166	Ratiu	4,045	1:4,964
167	Manu	4,031	1:4,981
168	Corbu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,030	1:4,982
169	Ionel The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,027	1:4,986
170	Goga Greek (Gogas) and Albanian: nickname from Albanian kokë ‘head’.	4,026	1:4,987
171	Bors A surname that is prevalent in Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Russia. In Hungary the surname is associated with pepper or wine (bor). The surname can also be derived from the Anglo-Saxon word bor (plural bors) meaning freeholder of the lowest class; among many other etymologies.	4,024	1:4,990
172	Vieriu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,021	1:4,993
173	Coca Spanish: habitational name from a place so named in Segovia province or from Coca de Alba in Salamanca. Italian: probably an altered spelling of Cocca, or possibly a variant of Coco.	4,017	1:4,998
174	Lakatos Hungarian: occupational name for a locksmith, lakatos, a derivative of lakat ‘lock’ (from Old French loquet). This is a common family name among Hungarian gypsies.	4,012	1:5,004
175	Ciorba	4,009	1:5,008
176	Gherghel	4,004	1:5,014
177	Stoican The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,001	1:5,018
178	Buzea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,982	1:5,042
179	Nuta	3,977	1:5,048
180	Costan	3,973	1:5,054
181	Crețu	3,973	1:5,054
182	Tanasie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,966	1:5,062
183	Galan	3,963	1:5,066
184	Stinga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,959	1:5,071
185	Mardare The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,941	1:5,095
186	Fieraru	3,937	1:5,100
187	Nicolau Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, and southern French (Occitan): from the personal name Nicolau (see Nicholas). Romanian: patronymic from the personal name Nicolai (see Nicholas).	3,936	1:5,101
188	Frincu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,931	1:5,108
189	Dănilă	3,924	1:5,117
190	Abrudan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,916	1:5,127
191	Ciocoiu	3,916	1:5,127
192	Mihaly Hungarian (Mihály): from the personal name Mihály, Hungarian form of Michael.	3,911	1:5,134
193	Burca	3,909	1:5,136
194	Postelnicu	3,907	1:5,139
195	Bejenaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,899	1:5,149
196	Baluta	3,896	1:5,153
197	Bulgaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,886	1:5,167
198	Gorgan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,880	1:5,175
199	Mureșan	3,868	1:5,191
200	Leu North German and Dutch: from Middle Low German lewe ‘lion’, a nickname for a brave or regal person, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a lion.	3,857	1:5,206
201	Erdei	3,852	1:5,212
202	Neacşu	3,851	1:5,214
203	Bora Indian (Gujarat): Muslim name based on the name of a Muslim community in Gujarat. It is believed to be a derivative of Sanskrit vyavahara ‘trade’. However, only one subgroup of the Boras is engaged in trade. Indian (Assam): Hindu name of unknown meaning. Romanian: from a feminine form of Boro, a short form of the personal name Boris. Polish: from a pet form of the personal names Borzyslaw or Bolebor. Hungarian: variant of Bara, a short form of the personal name Barabás, Hungarian form of Barnaby.	3,842	1:5,226
204	Guta	3,841	1:5,227
205	Safta The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,832	1:5,240
206	Petrica	3,825	1:5,249
207	Dediu	3,805	1:5,277
208	Sasu Sasu is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: bamboo.	3,804	1:5,278
209	Kadar Hungarian (Kádár) and Slovak (Kadár): occupational name for a cooper, from Hungarian kádár, a Slavic loanword. Hungarian: from a personal name in Hun mythology. In 19th-century Hungarian romantic literature this was taken as a common noun meaning ‘judge’ or ‘chieftain’, from the time of the Magyar conquest of the Carpathian Basin. Jewish: in some cases an adoption of the Hungarian name; in others a variant of Kader.	3,800	1:5,284
210	Stănescu	3,796	1:5,289
211	Catrina	3,795	1:5,291
212	Cîrstea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,795	1:5,291
213	Hanganu The origin of this surname is believed to come from a type of corn that is popular with Romanian farmers. The hangan is a type of mountain corn with a large corn knob and yellow-reddish corn seeds.	3,794	1:5,292
214	Botea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,786	1:5,303
215	Vacaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,780	1:5,312
216	Ghiţă	3,775	1:5,319
217	Jurj The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,774	1:5,320
218	Fechete	3,770	1:5,326
219	Cimpeanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,762	1:5,337
220	Benedek Benedek means 'blessed'.	3,759	1:5,341
221	Belu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,756	1:5,346
222	Manda Indian (Andhra Pradesh): Hindu (Brahman) name based on the name of a subgroup of Brahmans. Czech and Slovak: from a derivative of the female personal name Magdalena (see Maudlin).	3,751	1:5,353
223	Leca	3,744	1:5,363
224	Tanasescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,743	1:5,364
225	Nanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,739	1:5,370
226	Furdui	3,732	1:5,380
227	Radut	3,730	1:5,383
228	Ursachi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,730	1:5,383
229	Lepadatu	3,726	1:5,389
230	Nichita The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,722	1:5,394
231	Barsan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,717	1:5,402
232	Bursuc The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,716	1:5,403
233	Chelariu	3,716	1:5,403
234	Turcanu	3,709	1:5,413
235	Tita	3,708	1:5,415
236	Stuparu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,704	1:5,421
237	Iovan	3,703	1:5,422
238	Sandulescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,702	1:5,424
239	Vicol	3,700	1:5,426
240	Daraban	3,692	1:5,438
241	Pascariu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,687	1:5,446
242	Neacșu	3,682	1:5,453
243	Dobrea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,678	1:5,459
244	Ghiță	3,676	1:5,462
245	Goia The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,674	1:5,465
246	Stratulat The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,674	1:5,465
247	Cocos	3,662	1:5,483
248	Murgu	3,656	1:5,492
249	Antohi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,648	1:5,504
250	Pricope The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,641	1:5,514
251	Tugui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,638	1:5,519
252	Vass English: status name denoting a serf, Middle English, Old French vass(e), from Late Latin vassus, of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh gwas ‘boy’, Gaelic foss ‘servant’. English: variant of Vause. Swedish: variant of Wass. South German: variant of Fass. Hungarian: from vas ‘iron’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith, or a nickname for a resilient, tough man.	3,632	1:5,528
253	Hutanu	3,605	1:5,569
254	Jipa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,603	1:5,573
255	Gavrilescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,571	1:5,622
256	Mihoc The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,568	1:5,627
257	Coste French: variant of Côte (see Cote).	3,566	1:5,630
258	Jitaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,565	1:5,632
259	Truta	3,563	1:5,635
260	Prisacariu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,553	1:5,651
261	Burtea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,551	1:5,654
262	Bot The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,544	1:5,665
263	Voiculescu This surname was given to the sons or descendants of Voicu.	3,542	1:5,669
264	Ungurean	3,540	1:5,672
265	Marina topographic name meaning ‘coast’, ‘coastal area’, or a habitational name from a place called Marina. in some cases, perhaps from the female personal name Marina.	3,532	1:5,685
266	Balla Hungarian: from a short form of Ballabás, variant of the personal name Barnabás (see Barnaby). Italian: from balla, which in its earliest sense meant ‘dance’ but from the 14th century was used to denote ‘goods packed for transport’, ‘bale’, ‘bundle (of merchandise)’ and was hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a carrier.	3,531	1:5,686
267	Virlan	3,528	1:5,691
268	Porumb	3,521	1:5,702
269	Roşca	3,512	1:5,717
270	Schipor The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,512	1:5,717
271	Eftimie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,511	1:5,719
272	Mitrofan	3,502	1:5,733
273	Feier	3,501	1:5,735
274	Stroia The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,496	1:5,743
275	Pirvan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,494	1:5,746
276	Motoc	3,484	1:5,763
277	Eremia The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,482	1:5,766
278	Cristache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,477	1:5,774
279	Margarit	3,467	1:5,791
280	Aron Jewish: variant of Aaron.	3,445	1:5,828
281	Condurache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,431	1:5,852
282	Floarea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,430	1:5,854
283	Manciu	3,430	1:5,854
284	Nastasa	3,425	1:5,862
285	Horvat Croatian (northern and eastern Croatia): ethnic name for a Croat (see Horvath). In particular, this term was used to denote Croatian refugees from the Ottoman Empire who settled in the eastern and northern parts of Croatia. When Hungarian officials could not spell the Slavic name of such refugees, they would simply write them down as Horvat(h) ‘Croatian’. Horvat is now the most frequent surname in Croatia. Slovenian: nickname for someone from Croatia, in particular a refugee from the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries, from an old spelling of Hrvat, ethnic name for a Croat. The surname Horvat, together with its variant Hrovat, is the second most frequent surname in Slovenia. Hungarian (Horvát) and Jewish (from Hungary): ethnic name for a Croat (see Horvath).	3,424	1:5,864
286	Zamfirescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,420	1:5,871
287	Covrig	3,419	1:5,872
288	Vasiu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,417	1:5,876
289	Benchea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,416	1:5,878
290	Urs	3,416	1:5,878
291	Platon	3,415	1:5,879
292	Vornicu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,414	1:5,881
293	Prisecaru Comes from prisaca, Romanian for 'bee yard' - the place where the bee hives are kept.	3,394	1:5,916
294	Butoi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,388	1:5,926
295	Păduraru	3,379	1:5,942
296	Datcu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,375	1:5,949
297	Stef	3,375	1:5,949
298	Velea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,374	1:5,951
299	Budeanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,372	1:5,954
300	Graur	3,367	1:5,963
301	Enciu	3,361	1:5,974
302	Niță	3,357	1:5,981
303	Mogos	3,355	1:5,984
304	Comsa	3,354	1:5,986
305	Vesa	3,350	1:5,993
306	Lita	3,337	1:6,017
307	Petrut The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,337	1:6,017
308	Sora	3,334	1:6,022
309	Petric Slovenian (Petric); Croatian and Serbian (Petric): patronymic from the personal name Peter (Slovenian) or Petar (Croatian and Serbian) (see Peter).	3,332	1:6,026
310	Stroie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,319	1:6,049
311	Craciunescu	3,316	1:6,055
312	Oprisan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,316	1:6,055
313	Stroescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,305	1:6,075
314	Amza The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,303	1:6,079
315	Pruna	3,303	1:6,079
316	Rata	3,300	1:6,084
317	Gaman	3,294	1:6,095
318	Mare French and English: topographic name from mare ‘pond’, ‘pool’, or a habitational name from one of the places in Normandy called La Mare (see Delamar). Italian and Spanish: topographic name for someone living by the sea, from Latin mare ‘sea’. Dutch (de Mare): nickname from the Germanic word mari, meri ‘famous’, ‘renowned’.	3,294	1:6,095
319	Parvu	3,293	1:6,097
320	Tincu	3,287	1:6,108
321	Kerekes Hungarian and Jewish (from Hungary): metonymic occupational name for a wheelwright, from kerék ‘wheel’ a derivative of kerek ‘round’.	3,286	1:6,110
322	Vrinceanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,286	1:6,110
323	Mustata	3,284	1:6,114
324	Irimescu	3,279	1:6,123
325	Pirvulescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,276	1:6,129
326	Denes Hungarian (Dénes): from the personal name Dénes, from Greek Dionysios (see Dennis). Jewish (from Hungary): adoption of the Hungarian surname.	3,272	1:6,136
327	Curca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,264	1:6,151
328	Manescu	3,262	1:6,155
329	Barta	3,260	1:6,159
330	Panainte The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,259	1:6,161
331	Avramescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,255	1:6,168
332	Mihut	3,255	1:6,168
333	Timar Hungarian (Tímár): occupational name for a cobbler or tanner, Hungarian tímár.	3,250	1:6,178
334	Uta The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,244	1:6,189
335	Borcea	3,243	1:6,191
336	Zota	3,239	1:6,199
337	Voda Czech, Slovak, and Slovenian: topographic name or nickname from voda ‘water’. Compare Czech Vodicka.	3,238	1:6,201
338	Kozma Hungarian: from a short form of Kozmás, vernacular form of Cosma. Czech, Slovak, and Polish: from the personal name Kosma (Polish Kozma), vernacular forms of Greek Kosmas (see Cosma 2). Jewish (from Poland): ornamental adoption of the Slavic personal name (see 2). possibly also Greek (Kozmas): variant of Kosmas (see Cosmas).	3,237	1:6,203
339	Capraru	3,222	1:6,231
340	Cuc	3,221	1:6,233
341	Golea	3,212	1:6,251
342	Dragusin The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,206	1:6,263
343	Tutuianu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,192	1:6,290
344	Danaila	3,185	1:6,304
345	Ciortan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,183	1:6,308
346	Mathe Hungarian: variant of Mate. French: from a pet form of the personal name Mathieu, French form of Matthew. Spanish: possibly a variant of Maté (see Mate).	3,182	1:6,310
347	Ariton The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,181	1:6,312
348	Feher Hungarian and Jewish (from Hungary) (Fehér): nickname for someone with a pale complexion or fair or white hair, from Hungarian fehér ‘white’. This name is also found in eastern Slovenia. Variant of German Fehr.	3,177	1:6,320
349	Florian Italian, French, Spanish (Florián), Polish, Czech and Slovak (Florián), Slovenian (Florjan, Florijan), German (Austrian), Hungarian (Flórián), and Romanian: from a medieval personal name (Latin Florianus, a further derivative of Florius); (see Fleury, borne by a 3rd-century saint who was drowned in Noricum during the persecutions of Christians under Diocletian and became the patron of Upper Austria, widely invoked as a protector from the danger of fires.	3,177	1:6,320
350	Mot	3,175	1:6,324
351	Dragut The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,171	1:6,332
352	Stoia The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,171	1:6,332
353	Moroianu	3,160	1:6,354
354	Angheluta The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,151	1:6,372
355	Balas	3,146	1:6,382
356	Andone The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,145	1:6,384
357	Pascalau The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,143	1:6,388
358	Ticu	3,143	1:6,388
359	Campean	3,137	1:6,400
360	Tinca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,137	1:6,400
361	Crişan	3,136	1:6,402
362	Floroiu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,136	1:6,402
363	Ruse English: variant of Rouse. RW German: variant ofnReusse (see Reuss 1). EG Probably also annAmericanized form of Czech Rus ‘Russian’. DM	3,136	1:6,402
364	Bordei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,134	1:6,406
365	Agache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,129	1:6,417
366	Creanga	3,126	1:6,423
367	Lung English: variant of Long 1. German and French (Alsace–Lorraine): from Middle High German lunge ‘lung’, presumably applied as a nickname. Chinese : variant of Long 3. Chinese : variant of Long 4.	3,125	1:6,425
368	Oniga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,125	1:6,425
369	Suteu	3,118	1:6,439
370	Ciolan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,117	1:6,441
371	Zidaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,102	1:6,473
372	Buzdugan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,085	1:6,508
373	Nițu	3,085	1:6,508
374	Lucaciu	3,073	1:6,534
375	Petrovici The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,073	1:6,534
376	Mladin The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,072	1:6,536
377	Nutu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,067	1:6,546
378	Cioban	3,065	1:6,551
379	Nicolaescu	3,064	1:6,553
380	Boicu	3,059	1:6,564
381	Covaciu	3,051	1:6,581
382	Baltag The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,049	1:6,585
383	Iamandi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,049	1:6,585
384	Asaftei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,043	1:6,598
385	Hriscu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,039	1:6,607
386	Lacatusu	3,037	1:6,611
387	Raduta	3,023	1:6,642
388	Corduneanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,020	1:6,648
389	Chirea	3,018	1:6,653
390	Sabo Norwegian: variant of Sebo. Americanized spelling of Hungarian Szabó (see Szabo).	3,016	1:6,657
391	Furtuna	3,009	1:6,673
392	Podaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,006	1:6,679
393	Galea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,995	1:6,704
394	Burciu	2,994	1:6,706
395	Buruiana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,992	1:6,711
396	Vişan	2,990	1:6,715
397	Hagiu	2,978	1:6,742
398	Tabacaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,977	1:6,744
399	Mic	2,967	1:6,767
400	Grad Slovenian: topographic name from grad ‘castle’. Possibly also a Slovenian and Polish nickname from the obsolete noun grad ‘hail’ (in the sense ‘precipitation’). German: borrowing of 1 or alternatively a nickname either from Middle High German gratac ‘greedy’ or, in the south, from Middle High German gerade ‘swift’, ‘skillful’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German gerade ‘upright’.	2,962	1:6,778
401	Gogu	2,961	1:6,781
402	Niţu	2,956	1:6,792
403	Mates Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Máté, Hungarian form of Matthew. Catalan: from the plural of mata ‘scrub’ (see Mata). Greek (Matis): from a pet form of the personal name Stamatios (see Stamatis). Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a personal name equivalent to Matthew.	2,954	1:6,797
404	Voinescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,946	1:6,815
405	Moldovanu	2,944	1:6,820
406	Socol	2,942	1:6,825
407	Traistaru	2,941	1:6,827
408	Leahu	2,939	1:6,832
409	Racz Hungarian (Rácz): ethnic name from rác ‘Serbian’, derived from the Serbian place name Ras, the capital of medieval Serbia.	2,937	1:6,836
410	Din Muslim: shortened form of any of the many Arabic names formed with the word din ‘religion’, for example Saifuddin ‘sword of religion’ or Salahuddin ‘righteousness of religion’. Indian (northern states): Hindu name derived from Sanskrit dina ‘humble’. Scottish: unexplained. According to Black, this is an old Strathblane surname. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Yiddish din ‘thin’.	2,935	1:6,841
411	Benea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,934	1:6,843
412	Keresztes	2,932	1:6,848
413	Breazu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,930	1:6,853
414	Herman English, French, Dutch, Slovenian, Croatian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari ‘army’ + man ‘man’. As a Jewish surname this is no doubt an adoption of the German surname Hermann. Respelling of the German cognate Hermann.	2,926	1:6,862
415	Manolescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,918	1:6,881
416	Bratosin The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,917	1:6,883
417	Bura	2,914	1:6,890
418	Gurau	2,900	1:6,923
419	Iftimie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,883	1:6,964
420	Hosu	2,881	1:6,969
421	Cojanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,880	1:6,971
422	Balica The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,867	1:7,003
423	Bodnar Ukrainian: occupational name for a cooper, from bodnja ‘tub’. Polish and Slovak (Bodnár): from Low German, a borrowing of either Böddener ‘cooper’ or Bodner ‘cottager’. Hungarian (Bodnár): occupational name from the Slavic loanword bodnár ‘cooper’, of German origin.	2,864	1:7,010
424	Negrila The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,864	1:7,010
425	Ilyes	2,858	1:7,025
426	Balaj My mother (a Balaj) is from Mnichova Lehota, Slovakia.	2,857	1:7,028
427	Blanaru	2,854	1:7,035
428	Taranu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,854	1:7,035
429	Mihaescu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,851	1:7,042
430	Hotea	2,848	1:7,050
431	Matyas Hungarian (Mátyás) and Czech (Matyáš): from vernacular forms of the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).	2,845	1:7,057
432	Calinescu	2,838	1:7,075
433	Incze	2,837	1:7,077
434	Cotoi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,836	1:7,080
435	Mateiu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,827	1:7,102
436	Pandele The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,826	1:7,105
437	Haiduc	2,822	1:7,115
438	Cojoc	2,815	1:7,132
439	Sabău	2,814	1:7,135
440	Giurca	2,809	1:7,148
441	Bucataru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,808	1:7,150
442	Vatamanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,804	1:7,160
443	Chereches The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,802	1:7,166
444	Juravle The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,800	1:7,171
445	Holban The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,798	1:7,176
446	Bacanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,797	1:7,178
447	Tripon The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,791	1:7,194
448	Pascaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,790	1:7,196
449	Anghelache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,786	1:7,207
450	Scutaru	2,786	1:7,207
451	Tanko	2,786	1:7,207
452	Dulgheru Dulgher means 'carpenter' in English. Dulgheru would be 'the carpenter' and Dulghescu a diminutive way of saying the name, as is typical in Romania.	2,784	1:7,212
453	Bala	2,780	1:7,222
454	Borbely Hungarian (Borbély): occupational name for a barber, Hungarian borbély. See also Barber.	2,779	1:7,225
455	Samson Scottish, English, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Sámson), and Jewish: from the Biblical name Samson (Hebrew Shimshon, a diminutive of shemesh ‘sun’). Among Christians it was sometimes chosen as a personal name or nickname with reference to the great strength of the Biblical hero (Judges 13–16). In Wales another association was with the 6th-century Welsh bishop Samson, who traveled to Brittany, where he died and was greatly venerated. His name, which is probably an altered form of an unknown Celtic original, was popularized in England by Breton followers of William the Conqueror, and to some extent independently from Wales.	2,777	1:7,230
456	Ciuta The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,770	1:7,248
457	Airinei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,768	1:7,254
458	Mandache The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,768	1:7,254
459	Vilceanu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,760	1:7,275
460	Gorea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,755	1:7,288
461	Chirca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,751	1:7,298
462	Culea	2,748	1:7,306
463	Grigoriu	2,748	1:7,306
464	Santa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,748	1:7,306
465	Oprean	2,739	1:7,330
466	Mitea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,738	1:7,333
467	Laza Galician: habitational name from Laza, a town in Galicia, in northwest Spain.	2,726	1:7,365
468	Ghica	2,722	1:7,376
469	Roșca	2,722	1:7,376
470	Baboi	2,720	1:7,382
471	Nacu	2,715	1:7,395
472	Neaga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,708	1:7,414
473	Gutu	2,701	1:7,433
474	Horga	2,699	1:7,439
475	Bejinariu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,698	1:7,442
476	Grigorie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,698	1:7,442
477	Chiran The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,690	1:7,464
478	Juganaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,690	1:7,464
479	Vincze Hungarian and Jewish (from Hungary): from the personal name Vince, Hungarian form of Vincent.	2,684	1:7,481
480	Geana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,682	1:7,486
481	Balaci The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,678	1:7,497
482	Fulga	2,678	1:7,497
483	Valeanu	2,677	1:7,500
484	Pelin The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,675	1:7,506
485	Pantazi	2,669	1:7,523
486	Minca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,666	1:7,531
487	Petraru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,666	1:7,531
488	Ciuraru	2,664	1:7,537
489	Ancuta The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,663	1:7,540
490	Taran TARAN: Tarainus was the name of a Pictish noble (Adamnan, V. C., II, 23), and Taran son of Entefidich, a Pictish king, was expelled in 997 (CPS., p. cxxi). The name is equated with Taranis, the Gaulish thunder god, W. tarann, Irish tarann, Gaelic torrunn, thunder.	2,662	1:7,542
491	Purcaru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,659	1:7,551
492	Rădoi	2,658	1:7,554
493	Lazea The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,656	1:7,559
494	Zaharie	2,649	1:7,579
495	Cimpoeru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,646	1:7,588
496	Neculae The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,646	1:7,588
497	Chindris The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,638	1:7,611
498	Proca The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,637	1:7,614
499	Mitrica	2,634	1:7,623
500	Ciolacu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,627	1:7,643

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