Craiescu Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Craiescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Craiescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Crăiescu (1) are calculated separately.

Craiescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Craiescu occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Crăiescu. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Craiescu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Craiescu is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Craiescu are found; 75 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname Craiescu is most common in Romania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,015,574. In Romania Craiescu is most numerous in: Constanța County, where 80 percent live and Neamț County, where 20 percent live. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and Moldova, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crăiescu961/
Craescu93456/
Croicu71313/
Cruicu7157/
Crausus67356/
Kraisut6765/
Kraisud671/
Creaseu671/
Creasup671/
Croicou671/
Kraisuth6315/
Cryiasus636/
Kraeskou634/
Krauscoup590/
Sriyasu532/
Sroisud531/
Croucou531/
Kriezui531/
Kroisou531/
Crousaud5040/
Creuzaud5040/
Crouzaud5034/
Krouscup508/
Kriyeziu501/
Kreyasus501/
Crouskup500/

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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 Craiescu
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