Brescanu Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Brescanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 54 | 1:371,812 | 31,284 |
| Moldova | 40 | 1:89,034 | 11,037 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Brescanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brescanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brescanu occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brescanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Brescanu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Brescanu reside; 81 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Romania, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 371,812. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Brăila County, where 89 percent are found, Galați County, where 7 percent are found and Bacău County, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Romania Brescanu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 34 percent are found and Ireland, where 18 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brescanu
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