Frantescu Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Frantescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 371 | 1:54,118 | 6,659 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
The alternate forms: Franţescu (8) are calculated separately.
Frantescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Frantescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Frantescu occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Franţescu. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Frantescu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Frantescu is the 744,013th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Frantescu reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most common in Romania, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 54,118. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Timiș County, where 72 percent reside, Giurgiu County, where 19 percent reside and Argeș County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Romania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franţescu | 96 | 8 | / |
| Frentescu | 89 | 310 | / |
| Frintescu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Frantiesco | 84 | 1 | / |
| Frantsuk | 82 | 48 | / |
| Frantsac | 82 | 2 | / |
| Frantiyesco | 80 | 1 | / |
| Frantsukh | 78 | 215 | / |
| Frenţescu | 78 | 59 | / |
| Frențescu | 78 | 38 | / |
| Frințescu | 78 | 30 | / |
| Frandesca | 78 | 11 | / |
| Frantsyuk | 78 | 7 | / |
| Frantesko | 78 | 2 | / |
| Frantisco | 78 | 1 | / |
| Frantsoug | 78 | 1 | / |
| Frantsk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Frantiscki | 74 | 7 | / |
| Frantsyukh | 74 | 5 | / |
| Farantsiku | 74 | 1 | / |
| Frantzke | 71 | 82 | / |
| Frantsik | 71 | 19 | / |
| Frantsek | 71 | 7 | / |
| Frantsko | 71 | 6 | / |
| Frantzco | 71 | 3 | / |
| Frantsyk | 71 | 3 | / |
| Frantzca | 71 | 2 | / |
| Frantska | 71 | 2 | / |
| Frantšuk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Franttieska | 70 | 1 | / |
| František | 67 | 65 | / |
| Franitzek | 67 | 44 | / |
| Frantisek | 67 | 41 | / |
| Frantisak | 67 | 38 | / |
| Frandisca | 67 | 30 | / |
| Frandesko | 67 | 26 | / |
| Frontzeck | 67 | 25 | / |
| Frantzick | 67 | 23 | / |
| Firantšuk | 67 | 12 | / |
| Frantiska | 67 | 12 | / |
| Frentusca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Frandeski | 67 | 1 | / |
| Franetsky | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frontesak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frantzkee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Frandisco | 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
- 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 Frantescu
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