Ercu Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ercu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ercu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ercu (31) may also be a first name.

Ercu Last Name Facts

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

Ercu occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ercu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Ercu live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in Romanian Europe. Ercu is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 31 people.

Ercu is most commonly held in Romania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,038,935. In Romania Ercu is mostly concentrated in: Constanța County, where 50 percent are found and Galați County, where 50 percent are found. Other than Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ercus8999/
Erciu8945/
Ercuș8923/
Ercau898/
Ercuş895/
Gercu894/
Erceu893/
Ercui892/
Hercu891/
Ercut891/
Erchu891/
Herciu801,938/
Hercus80516/
Hercut80275/
Herscu80143/
Gerchu8090/
Gercuj8084/
Ercius8067/
Hercuț8062/
Jercau8036/
Gercui8030/
Herchu8016/
Ercout805/
Erchou805/
Hercku802/
Ercutt800/
Erku752,640/
Ersu751,958/
Erzu7528/
Jrcu751/
Erxu751/
Herchou73137/
Gerczuj73124/
Gercouy7370/
Hercutt7315/
Hercaud7310/
Gerchau735/
Gerczui734/
Hercout733/
Yerckou731/
Erciutė731/
Erkuş677,291/
Ersus67246/
Ersuz67175/
Hercheux67139/
Gerschau67103/
Erkau6785/
Gircu6767/
Ersuy6754/
Herku6734/
Hircu6732/
Ierku6719/
Erkhu6718/
Erkuz6718/
Yorcu6717/
Eirku6710/
Hercouët679/
Gersu677/
Țîrcu675/
Erkou674/
Erkku672/
Herczuch672/
Hersu672/
Jircu672/
Erkuu671/
Erjou671/
Ercoe671/
Ersui671/
Erssu671/
Errju671/
Hîrcu671/
Gerchouh671/

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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 Ercu
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