Jescu Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Jescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jescu 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
Romania3481:57,6957,056
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

Jescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jescu occurs most in Romania. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jescu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jescu is the 793,288th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Jescu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Jescu is most common in Romania, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 57,695. In Romania it is primarily found in: Suceava County, where 39 percent live, Iași County, where 35 percent live and Hunedoara County, where 14 percent live. Apart from Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Canada, 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
Jesku8097/
Jăscu801/
Cescau73100/
Soescu7366/
Sescau732/
Siescu732/
Zoescu731/
Ceascu731/
Jiscau730/
Gescaud671/
Gescoup671/
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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 Jescu
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