Escu Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Escu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Escu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania971:206,98820,444
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Escu Last Name Facts

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

Escu is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Escu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,828,462nd most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. Escu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Escu are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Romania, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 206,988. In Romania Escu is primarily concentrated in: Vaslui County, where 66 percent live, Bacău County, where 33 percent live and Neamț County, where 1 percent live. Beside Romania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Escau8912/
Eascu8910/
Escut893/
Escud892/
Escuy891/
Escou891/
Hescu891/
Oescu891/
Escaut80174/
Hoescu8070/
Escheu8048/
Escout8045/
Escuit8041/
Escuss804/
Hesscu801/
Escaux801/
Iscu75547/
Eţcu7538/
Esku751/
Escó751/
Vănescu733/
Escoult731/
Escault731/
Hesscup730/
Escoe67815/
Ascui67647/
Ascuy67428/
Eskau6776/
Eskou6738/
Oscou679/
Ishcu675/
Ascuí673/
Yscuu671/
Echcu671/
Ascuj671/
Ascou671/
Eskui671/
Ascau671/
Iscus671/
Eskus670/
Eskeu670/

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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 Escu
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