Despoiu Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Despoiu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Despoiu 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
Romania1971:101,91811,566
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Despoiu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Despoiu is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Despoiu.

How Common Is The Last Name Despoiu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,168,344th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname Despoiu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Despoiu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

Despoiu is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 101,918. In Romania it is primarily found in: Vâlcea County, where 42 percent live, Argeș County, where 22 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent live. Other than Romania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

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
Despius860/
Depiu831/
Depieu77124/
Depoju7715/
Despău775/
Depius773/
Depaou771/
Depiut771/
Depieuh7121/
Deupieu7114/
Deipieu712/
Dephius711/
Dipeou623/
Depeju621/
Dipayou571/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Despoiu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis