Catescu Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Catescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 175 | 1:114,731 | 12,785 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
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
The surname Catescu is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Cătescu. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Catescu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,263,456th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Catescu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 114,731. In Romania Catescu is most common in: Constanța County, where 30 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 27 percent reside and Prahova County, where 25 percent reside. Beside Romania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 3 percent reside and Ukraine, where 1 percent reside.
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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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