Butanescu Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Butanescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Butanescu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania951:211,34620,786
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Butănescu (1) are calculated separately.

Butanescu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Butanescu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Butanescu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Butănescu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Butanescu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Butanescu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name Butanescu is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 211,346. In Romania it is primarily found in: Vâlcea County, where 98 percent reside, Brașov County, where 1 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Romania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Butănescu961/
Botanescu8927/
Budanescu894/
Butanesou891/
Budunescu7835/
Bodunescu785/
Putinescu784/
Badinescu782/
Budinescu781/
Butanska7132/
Butanski7128/
Butansky712/
Butnaciuc6729/
Butyneski675/
Butwanska672/
Butneyski671/
Bodinescu671/
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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 Butanescu
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