Contescu Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Contescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania441:456,31535,605
Moldova261:136,97614,869
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Cyprus11:884,87613,055

Contescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Contescu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Contescu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,894,523rd most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Contescu reside; 73 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 73 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Contescu is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 456,315. In Romania Contescu is most frequent in: Galați County, where 84 percent live, Iași County, where 9 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 2 percent live. Outside of Romania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 27 percent live and Switzerland, where 10 percent live.

Contescu Last Name Statistics demography

Contescu earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.99% more than the national average, earning $62,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ciontescu9437/
Contascu8828/
Contesus886/
Cantiscu751/
Conticus751/
Canticu677/
Canticus631,636/
Canticuz63388/
Kanteesu633/
Kontejou632/
Kontedjou5911/
Kantisu537/
Santisu531/

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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 Contescu
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