Caprescu Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Caprescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 188 | 1:106,797 | 12,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Căprescu (39) are calculated separately.
Caprescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caprescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Caprescu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Căprescu. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Caprescu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Caprescu is the 1,227,038th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Caprescu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 106,797. In Romania Caprescu is mostly found in: Argeș County, where 97 percent reside, Mehedinți County, where 2 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Romania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Căprescu | 96 | 39 | / |
| Cuparescu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Capresecco | 78 | 31 | / |
| Capresecca | 78 | 1 | / |
| Cobrescu | 75 | 164 | / |
| Capursco | 75 | 2 | / |
| Caprisco | 75 | 1 | / |
| Caparciuc | 71 | 2 | / |
| Caprisous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caprasecca | 67 | 308 | / |
| Caprisecca | 67 | 46 | / |
| Zapreskó | 63 | 9 | / |
| Kapricus | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Caprescu
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