Răducanu

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Răducanu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Răducu + -anu, diminutive of Radu, from Old Church Slavonic радъ (radŭ, “glad, merry”), from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 98K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 223K
  • SESweden1 in 262K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

511 people

Sources
40 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Raducanu in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Răducanu: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Răducanu
  1. Răducu+(measured from records)
  2. Old Church Slavonicрадъradŭ“glad, merry”(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Slavic*radъ(measured from records)

From Răducu + -anu, diminutive of Radu, from Old Church Slavonic радъ (radŭ, “glad, merry”), from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Sources 1

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Răducanu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Răducanu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain5111 in 98K511Raducanu6
SE Sweden391 in 262K39—1
PL Poland321 in 1.2M19—1
FI Finland251 in 223K25——
DK Denmark191 in 309K19——

511 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Răducanu is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Spain, Romania

    Also written Raducanu

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Raducanu

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Romania, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Raducanu

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Raducanu

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania

    Also written Raducanu

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Ion Răducanu, b. 1884Emanoil Răducanu, b. 1929Ion Răducanu, b. 1949Marcel Răducanu, b. 1954Cezar Răducanu, b. 1958Dumitru Răducanu, b. 1967Maria Răducanu, b. 1967Claudiu Răducanu, b. 1976Sebastian Răducanu, b. 1981Robert Răducanu, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Răducanu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202619—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—19#93,413
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202613—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—13#116,966

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Răducanu mean, and where does it come from?
From Răducu + -anu, diminutive of Radu, from Old Church Slavonic радъ (radŭ, “glad, merry”), from Proto-Slavic *radъ. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Răducanu have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 511 people named Răducanu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled raducanu.
Where is Răducanu most common?
Răducanu is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 98 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Răducanu?
In Spain, the national register counted 511 people named Răducanu, about 1 in 98 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Răducanu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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