Colescu Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Colescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Colescu 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
Romania471:427,18934,091
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Colescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Colescu is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Colescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Colescu is the 2,746,821st most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Colescu is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Colescu live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 427,189. In Romania it is primarily found in: Botoșani County, where 85 percent reside, Suceava County, where 9 percent reside and Brăila County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Romania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.

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
Colțescu932/
Solescu86129/
Calescu8683/
Culescu8665/
Călescu8659/
Ţolescu8637/
Cälescu861/
Coloscou801/
Collecutt75141/
Couloscou751/
Zalescu712/
Salescu711/
Kolecku711/
Calecut710/
Collicut6739/
Colicheu6722/
Colicutt672/
Calecutt670/
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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 Colescu
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