Costache Surname

17,829th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,991 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Costache Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Costache Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania29,3661:68486
Spain9341:50,0564,695
Canada1511:244,01123,241
United States1381:2,626,514158,538
Moldova591:60,3628,392
England521:1,071,50151,923
Italy461:1,329,49377,702
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Belgium361:319,35136,407
Sweden311:317,63722,171
France241:2,767,613196,808
Greece211:527,60966,013
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Costache (233) may also be a first name.

Costache Last Name Facts

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

The last name Costache occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Costache? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 17,829th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 235,150 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Costache live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 587,225th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 233 people.

It is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 29,366 people, or 1 in 684. In Romania it is most common in: Bucharest Municipality, where 22 percent live, Prahova County, where 11 percent live and Ilfov County, where 8 percent live. Outside of Romania this surname is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Costache Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Costache are 0.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Costache earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 90.52% less than the national average, earning €2,847 per year; in United States they earn 8.48% more than the national average, earning $46,809 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.06% more than the national average, earning $58,658 CAD per year.

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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 Costache
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