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 is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Franţescu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Frantescu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Frantescu is the 744,013th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname Frantescu is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Frantescu reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 54,118. In Romania it is mostly found in: Timiș County, where 72 percent live, Giurgiu County, where 19 percent live and Argeș County, where 7 percent live. Barring Romania Frantescu is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
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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