Latescu Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Latescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Latescu 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
Moldova711:50,1607,276
Romania371:542,64540,475
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France11:66,422,722504,397

Latescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Latescu is held by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Latescu? popularity and diffusion

Latescu is the 1,727,723rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Latescu occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Latescu live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

Latescu is most commonly used in Moldova, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 50,160. In Moldova it is primarily concentrated in: Telenești District, where 54 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 45 percent live and Florești District, where 1 percent live. Barring Moldova this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 3 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
Latascu8673/
Lateju7762/
Letesku713/
Lateaju711/
Lauteku711/
Latieku711/
Latedjou67162/
Latiseus672/
Lateakus671/
Latedjeu671/
Latiku62130/
Loteku625/
Lotekeu5710/
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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 Latescu
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