Malescu Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Malescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 60 | 1:334,631 | 29,229 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mălescu (1) are calculated separately.
Malescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malescu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Mălescu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malescu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Malescu are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 94 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Malescu is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 334,631. In Romania Malescu is most numerous in: Olt County, where 50 percent are found, Gorj County, where 42 percent are found and Mehedinți County, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Romania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 3 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mălescu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Malaescu | 93 | 1,076 | / |
| Malecu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Malesku | 86 | 40 | / |
| Molescu | 86 | 28 | / |
| Melescu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Malecou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mahailescu | 82 | 2 | / |
| Maleskou | 80 | 58 | / |
| Malecaut | 80 | 33 | / |
| Maleskku | 80 | 4 | / |
| Meilescu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Maleku | 77 | 756 | / |
| Malicu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mălăiescu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Malekou | 71 | 840 | / |
| Malekau | 71 | 651 | / |
| Malekui | 71 | 20 | / |
| Malekeu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Maleiku | 71 | 9 | / |
| Molesku | 71 | 6 | / |
| Maleeku | 71 | 5 | / |
| Melesku | 71 | 2 | / |
| Malekup | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malicou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malaicu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malekuh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malekuj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malyshku | 67 | 25 | / |
| Malekahu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Malekkou | 67 | 20 | / |
| Maliqueu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Maleukeu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Malaikeu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Malekout | 67 | 5 | / |
| Malegkou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Malekupp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maliekou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Malaykeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maalekeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malekuch | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Malescu
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