Caracostea Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Caracostea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caracostea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2691:74,6398,860
France331:2,012,810168,616
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Caracostea Last Name Facts

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

The last name Caracostea is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Caracostea.

How Common Is The Last Name Caracostea? popularity and diffusion

It is the 878,878th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Caracostea reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Caracostea is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 74,639. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Constanța County, where 62 percent live, Ialomița County, where 20 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent live. Aside from Romania this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

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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 Caracostea
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