Ionitescu Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ionitescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ionitescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1241:161,91816,836
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Ionițescu (5) & Ioniţescu (5) are calculated separately.

Ionitescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ionitescu is found most in Romania. It may be found as: Ionițescu or Ioniţescu. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ionitescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ionitescu is the 1,573,888th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Ionitescu reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Ionitescu is most commonly held in Romania, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 161,918. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Buzău County, where 94 percent are found, Bucharest Municipality, where 3 percent are found and Argeș County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Romania Ionitescu occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ionițescu965/
Ioniţescu965/
Ioanitescu95213/
Onitescu942/
Ionutescu8913/
Ioanițescu8449/
Ioaniţescu8444/
Anitescu82219/
Ihnătescu784/
Untescu7550/
Onitsuka711,587/
Anutescu71104/
Aniţescu714/
Enatescu714/
Anițescu712/
Ionitsky712/
Onitsuki711/
Anitesco711/
Enătescu711/
Onitsuko711/
Ionitskiy671/

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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 Ionitescu
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