Biscoveanu Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Biscoveanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 243 | 1:82,625 | 9,672 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Bîscoveanu (73) are calculated separately.
Biscoveanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biscoveanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Biscoveanu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Bîscoveanu. For other potential spellings of Biscoveanu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biscoveanu? popularity and diffusion
Biscoveanu is the 1,017,412th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. The last name Biscoveanu occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Biscoveanu are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 82,625. In Romania Biscoveanu is mostly found in: Olt County, where 69 percent are found, Giurgiu County, where 17 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Romania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bîscoveanu | 97 | 73 | / |
| Bascoveanu | 90 | 101 | / |
| Buscoveanu | 90 | 8 | / |
| Bâscoveanu | 90 | 4 | / |
| Biscovan | 89 | 39 | / |
| Vicoveanu | 84 | 86 | / |
| Vicovanu | 78 | 294 | / |
| Bissaco Viana | 70 | 1 | / |
| Buskoven | 67 | 42 | / |
| Bosco Viana | 67 | 34 | / |
| Bosco Ovani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bîşcovan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biscrovaine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bosco Yvany | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bikavanhu | 63 | 39 | / |
| Băcăuanu | 56 | 14 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Biscoveanu
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