Galatescu Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Galatescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 56 | 1:358,533 | 30,627 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Galatescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galatescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galatescu occurs most in Romania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galatescu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galatescu is the 2,530,696th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Galatescu live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Galatescu is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 358,533. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Dolj County, where 50 percent reside, Gorj County, where 45 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Romania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent reside and New Zealand, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galetescu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Goltescu | 82 | 2 | / |
| Calotescu | 78 | 579 | / |
| Calitescu | 78 | 235 | / |
| Goltiescu | 78 | 34 | / |
| Galatsiuk | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ghalateku | 78 | 1 | / |
| Galtsuk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Coltescu | 71 | 184 | / |
| Galatsky | 71 | 15 | / |
| Galatski | 71 | 12 | / |
| Galatska | 71 | 11 | / |
| Goltesku | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kalatsuk | 71 | 5 | / |
| Galatsko | 71 | 2 | / |
| Holotescu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Calițescu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Kalatsyuk | 67 | 13 | / |
| Colitescu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Galitzeck | 67 | 10 | / |
| Galatskiy | 67 | 9 | / |
| Caliţescu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Galatskii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Găleţescu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalatsagu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Galetzech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goltiesku | 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
- 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 Galatescu
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