Cotescu Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Cotescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cotescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2331:86,17110,048
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Cotescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cotescu is most common in Romania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cotescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cotescu is the 1,055,483rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname Cotescu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Cotescu are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Romania, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 86,171. In Romania it is most frequent in: Argeș County, where 48 percent reside, Olt County, where 30 percent reside and Vâlcea County, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Romania Cotescu occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cottescu9311/
Ciotescu931/
Zotescu86255/
Catescu86182/
Cutescu8645/
Cătescu868/
Joitescu80191/
Ciutescu8029/
Kostescu808/
Costiscu801/
Kotesu77121/
Kottesu7118/
Costicu714/
Catecut710/
Kostesku6719/
Kostecku671/

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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 Cotescu
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