Horescu Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Horescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 42 | 1:478,045 | 36,914 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Horescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Horescu is found most in Romania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Horescu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Horescu is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Horescu live; 75 percent live in Eastern Europe and 75 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Horescu is most frequently used in Romania, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 478,045. In Romania it is mostly found in: Caraș-Severin County, where 81 percent reside, Sălaj County, where 10 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Romania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent reside and Sweden, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orescu | 92 | 27 | / |
| Herescu | 86 | 350 | / |
| Orzescu | 86 | 171 | / |
| Horascu | 86 | 27 | / |
| Gorescu | 86 | 18 | / |
| Horesau | 86 | 11 | / |
| Oresu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Choresku | 80 | 35 | / |
| Hârțescu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hârṭescu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orascu | 77 | 207 | / |
| Orăscu | 77 | 40 | / |
| Oresku | 77 | 6 | / |
| Haresu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Oresus | 77 | 3 | / |
| Horisu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arescu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jurescu | 71 | 351 | / |
| Horozcu | 71 | 172 | / |
| Horaicu | 71 | 142 | / |
| Gurescu | 71 | 58 | / |
| Harreschou | 71 | 51 | / |
| Țerescu | 71 | 26 | / |
| Oreskou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Orecutt | 71 | 2 | / |
| Harascu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Țurescu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heresku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aresu | 67 | 3,395 | / |
| Orisu | 67 | 198 | / |
| Oreku | 67 | 33 | / |
| Hareshku | 67 | 7 | / |
| Arecu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oreshkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horricus | 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
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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 Horescu
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