Ignatescu Surname

395,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ignatescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ignatescu 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
Romania8221:24,4263,104
Moldova411:86,86310,849
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
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The alternate forms: Ignătescu (198), Ignàtescu (1) & Ignätescu (1) are calculated separately.

Ignatescu Last Name Facts

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

Ignatescu occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Ignătescu, Ignàtescu or Ignätescu. For other possible spellings of Ignatescu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ignatescu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ignatescu is the 395,186th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,160,746 people. Ignatescu is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ignatescu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Ignatescu is most commonly held in Romania, where it is held by 822 people, or 1 in 24,426. In Romania Ignatescu is most prevalent in: Suceava County, where 36 percent live, Bacău County, where 19 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 12 percent live. Beside Romania this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 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
Ignătescu96198/
Ignàtescu961/
Ignätescu961/
Ignatescue958/
Ignatesku8914/

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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 Ignatescu
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