Driscu Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Driscu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 108 | 1:185,906 | 18,848 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Drișcu (4) are calculated separately.
Driscu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Driscu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Driscu is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Drișcu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Driscu? popularity and diffusion
Driscu is the 1,736,881st most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Driscu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname Driscu is most frequently held in Romania, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 185,906. In Romania Driscu is primarily found in: Botoșani County, where 37 percent live, Sibiu County, where 30 percent live and Iași County, where 26 percent live. Besides Romania Driscu is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drișcu | 94 | 4 | / |
| Driescu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Driscou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Drisu | 91 | 3,660 | / |
| Dricu | 91 | 34 | / |
| Tdrisu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Drisou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Driceu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Drisau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dreischuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Driscoe | 77 | 28 | / |
| Driczku | 77 | 19 | / |
| Driszku | 77 | 10 | / |
| Driscoo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Driskeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Driku | 73 | 3 | / |
| Drecu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Drizu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dresu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dreschau | 71 | 7 | / |
| Drizou | 67 | 55 | / |
| Drikou | 67 | 50 | / |
| Drikuj | 67 | 24 | / |
| Dresou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dreschkau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Drikuz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dreusu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Draiku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dricoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dresus | 67 | 0 | / |
| Drjcus | 67 | 0 | / |
| Droitcout | 67 | 0 | / |
| Drycus | 67 | 0 | / |
| Drecus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Driscu
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