Fratescu Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Fratescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 199 | 1:17,896 | 3,058 |
| Romania | 43 | 1:466,927 | 36,259 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Frătescu (2) are calculated separately.
Fratescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fratescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fratescu is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Frătescu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fratescu? popularity and diffusion
Fratescu is the 1,025,894th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fratescu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 17,896. In Moldova it is most numerous in: Orhei District, where 64 percent live, Fălești District, where 23 percent live and Chișinău Municipality, where 9 percent live. Barring Moldova this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 17 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frătescu | 96 | 2 | / |
| Firtescu | 88 | 80 | / |
| Fratesku | 88 | 19 | / |
| Fartescu | 88 | 3 | / |
| Fretescu | 88 | 2 | / |
| Fortescu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fortescue | 82 | 1,150 | / |
| Fratesq | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fratsuk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Forttescue | 78 | 0 | / |
| Fârțescu | 75 | 31 | / |
| Fratusco | 75 | 26 | / |
| Fretesku | 75 | 16 | / |
| Fortscue | 75 | 2 | / |
| Firtascu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fîrțescu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fortiscue | 71 | 50 | / |
| Fortesque | 71 | 43 | / |
| Fortescki | 71 | 20 | / |
| Faratsiku | 71 | 10 | / |
| Furduescu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fritsc | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fortescne | 71 | 0 | / |
| Forrtscue | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fratzke | 67 | 968 | / |
| Ferratusco | 67 | 55 | / |
| Fratzek | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fortesk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fortiscuie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fyrtsuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feratsakou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fratzac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fritsuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frdesco | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fratzca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fratske | 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
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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 Fratescu
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