Fotescu Surname
Approximately 836 people bear this surname
Fotescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 480 | 1:41,829 | 5,306 |
| Moldova | 329 | 1:10,825 | 1,855 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Fotescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fotescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fotescu is most common in Romania. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fotescu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 416,195th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,717,160 people. The last name Fotescu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Fotescu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Fotescu is most frequently held in Romania, where it is carried by 480 people, or 1 in 41,829. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Gorj County, where 37 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 21 percent reside and Dolj County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Romania it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 39 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fottescu | 93 | 26 | / |
| Fotescue | 93 | 2 | / |
| Fetescu | 86 | 476 | / |
| Fotesku | 86 | 62 | / |
| Fotesco | 86 | 33 | / |
| Fatescu | 86 | 5 | / |
| Voitescu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fotsac | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fetesku | 71 | 83 | / |
| Fedescu | 71 | 65 | / |
| Fetesco | 71 | 50 | / |
| Fotesko | 71 | 33 | / |
| Vitescu | 71 | 29 | / |
| Vutescu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Fodesco | 71 | 9 | / |
| Vodescu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fotciuc | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fotsick | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fotseca | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foteski | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fytesku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fatesku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fotskhua | 67 | 221 | / |
| Fotasoca | 67 | 30 | / |
| Fedesczu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Feteasco | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fotsouok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fotsieuc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fotosoca | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fotescu
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