Grecescu Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Grecescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grecescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1701:118,10513,095
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Grecescu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grecescu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Grecescu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grecescu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grecescu is the 1,244,200th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname Grecescu is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Grecescu are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 91 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

It is most prevalent in Romania, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 118,105. In Romania Grecescu is primarily concentrated in: Timiș County, where 42 percent are found, Dolj County, where 32 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 12 percent are found. Barring Romania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Grecescu Last Name Statistics demography

Grecescu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.18% less than the national average, earning $39,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crecescu8876/
Grocescu881/
Greceysczy781/
Grescesqui780/
Grozescu75494/
Corcescu75166/
Grosescu7575/
Crecesco757/
Groşescu752/
Groșescu751/
Gracesqui71133/
Gurisescu7146/
Greciusca716/
Gresesqui711/
Grceski678/
Gherisescu671/
Grzesic671/
Kiriacescu671/
Garces-Guy671/
Grigisu532/

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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 Grecescu
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