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 last name Costras is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Costraş, Costraș, Costrăș or Costrăş. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Costras? popularity and diffusion
The last name Costras is the 872,430th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Costras are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 74,362. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Botoșani County, where 39 percent reside, Bacău County, where 31 percent reside and Suceava County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Romania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Costras
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