Chiritescu Surname

373,124th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 961 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Chiritescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiritescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania9181:21,8712,807
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Chirițescu (100) & Chiriţescu (55) are calculated separately.

Chiritescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chiritescu has its highest incidence in Romania. It can also occur as a variant: Chirițescu or Chiriţescu. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiritescu? popularity and diffusion

Chiritescu is the 373,124th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,583,294 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Chiritescu live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname Chiritescu is most numerous in Romania, where it is carried by 918 people, or 1 in 21,871. In Romania Chiritescu is primarily found in: Argeș County, where 15 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 13 percent reside and Dolj County, where 12 percent reside. Other than Romania this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chirițescu97100/
Chiriţescu9755/
Kiritescu844/
Chiritsky741/
Chiritskiy702/
Chiritsoka701/
Chirawatsuk6794/
Chiritskaya676/
Chartsuk675/
Chertsuk674/
Chirdsuk671/

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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
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  • 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 Chiritescu
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