Cosescu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Cosescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cosescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Canada51:7,369,118289,406

The alternate forms: Coşescu (1) are calculated separately.

Cosescu Last Name Facts

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

Cosescu is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Coşescu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cosescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cosescu is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Cosescu are found; 55 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 55 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,346,312. In Romania Cosescu is primarily concentrated in: Iași County, where 67 percent live, Brașov County, where 17 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent live. Excluding Romania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 45 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coşescu951/
Ciosescu9384/
Cojescu863/
Ceusescu8020/
Cuzescu7128/
Kosesau7121/
Casesus7117/
Casesuz7113/
Cacescu719/
Căţescu714/
Căcescu711/
Casascu711/
Cucescu711/
Cuţescu711/
Ciucescu67145/
Joiţescu6761/

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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 Cosescu
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