Cerescu Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Cerescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 274 | 1:12,998 | 2,237 |
| Romania | 82 | 1:244,852 | 23,260 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Cerescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cerescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cerescu is held by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cerescu? popularity and diffusion
Cerescu is the 786,896th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Cerescu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Moldova, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 12,998. In Moldova it is primarily concentrated in: Chișinău Municipality, where 34 percent reside, Ialoveni District, where 32 percent reside and Orhei District, where 10 percent reside. Not including Moldova it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 23 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherescu | 93 | 64 | / |
| Cerescui | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ceresu | 92 | 17 | / |
| Chetrescu | 88 | 13 | / |
| Ceresau | 86 | 191 | / |
| Cereseu | 86 | 85 | / |
| Serescu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Cerecus | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ceresou | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ţerescu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Chirescu | 80 | 284 | / |
| Chereseu | 80 | 32 | / |
| Cheresku | 80 | 27 | / |
| Cherăscu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Geresu | 77 | 11,612 | / |
| Cereku | 77 | 18 | / |
| Seresu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Zeresu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cerisu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chitrescu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Girescu | 71 | 45 | / |
| Cearicu | 71 | 28 | / |
| Ceriseu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Cerisau | 71 | 8 | / |
| Cericus | 71 | 7 | / |
| Geresus | 71 | 7 | / |
| Cireseu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gereseu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zărescu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cherreku | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kiorescu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chirăscu | 67 | 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 Cerescu
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