Costoiu Surname

475,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Costoiu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Costoiu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania6811:29,4833,767
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Costoiu Last Name Facts

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

Costoiu is found most frequently in Romania. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Costoiu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 475,771st most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,366,353 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Costoiu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name Costoiu is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 681 people, or 1 in 29,483. In Romania Costoiu is primarily found in: Gorj County, where 48 percent are found, Vâlcea County, where 16 percent are found and Galați County, where 11 percent are found. Not including Romania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotoiu925/
Costiou86743/
Costeiu86144/
Costiue861/
Cotiu836/
Coustiou801/
Catoiu77439/
Cătoiu7733/
Castiu774/
Kostiu772/
Catioiu7142/
Cotuțiu7130/
Kostiou7127/
Costeau7121/
Costéus7112/
Castius714/
Kostieu711/
Custeou711/
Costeoo711/
Coutius710/
Cousteau67415/
Castieau6756/
Catiu6747/
Kotiu6728/
Câtiu674/
Coutieau672/
Kosstiou672/
Castejou671/
Cousteeu671/
Koshtoju671/

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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 Costoiu
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