Craescu Surname

659,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Craescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Craescu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania4121:48,7336,043
Moldova221:161,88016,529
England51:11,143,612252,590
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
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The alternate forms: Crăescu (131) are calculated separately.

Craescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Craescu occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Crăescu. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Craescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 659,458th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Craescu live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname Craescu is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 412 people, or 1 in 48,733. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Neamț County, where 37 percent are found, Galați County, where 25 percent are found and Iași County, where 18 percent are found. Barring Romania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 5 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crăescu95131/
Craiescu938/
Crăiescu801/
Croesus7114/
Crauicu711/
Kraeskou674/
Krauscoup630/
Kresku623/
Krasku621/
Krouscup538/
Crouskup530/
Krauskuph500/
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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 Craescu
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