Horlescu Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Horlescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Horlescu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2861:70,2028,386
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Horlescu Last Name Facts

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

Horlescu is found most frequently in Romania. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Horlescu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Horlescu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 919,444th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. Horlescu is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Horlescu are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname Horlescu is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 70,202. In Romania Horlescu is primarily found in: Neamț County, where 39 percent live, Iași County, where 26 percent live and Bacău County, where 15 percent live. Not including Romania Horlescu occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orlescu9379/
Orlesku802/
Horleku801/
Garlescu7529/
Țurlescu751/
Hoarlesek715/
Gorleku671,411/
Horlcic671/

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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 Horlescu
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