Catescu Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Catescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Catescu 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
Romania1751:114,73112,785
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Cătescu (8) are calculated separately.

Catescu Last Name Facts

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

Catescu is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Cătescu. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Catescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Catescu is the 1,263,456th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Catescu occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Catescu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 114,731. In Romania it is mostly found in: Constanța County, where 30 percent live, Bucharest Municipality, where 27 percent live and Prahova County, where 25 percent live. Outside of Romania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 3 percent live and Ukraine, where 1 percent live.

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
Cătescu958/
Cotescu86237/
Catecut860/
Cottescu8011/
Ciotescu801/
Caticu7726/
Katesu7718/
Satesu773/
Zotescu71255/
Katesup714/
Katesut711/
Katehsu711/
Sattesu711/
Sathesu711/
Joitescu67191/
Katheesu6711/
Kostescu678/
Castejou671/
Costiscu671/
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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 Catescu
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