Costras Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Costras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 270 | 1:74,362 | 8,838 |
| Moldova | 31 | 1:114,883 | 13,240 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Costraş (8), Costraș (4), Costrăș (42) & Costrăş (4) are calculated separately.
Costras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Costras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Costras is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Costraş, Costraș, Costrăș or Costrăş. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Costras? popularity and diffusion
It is the 872,430th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Costras reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 74,362. In Romania it is most numerous in: Botoșani County, where 39 percent live, Bacău County, where 31 percent live and Suceava County, where 14 percent live. Aside from Romania Costras exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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 Costras
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