Marghescu Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Marghescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marghescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3551:56,5576,932
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Mărghescu (1) are calculated separately.

Marghescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Marghescu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Mărghescu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marghescu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 758,524th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 19,330,361 people. Marghescu occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Marghescu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 56,557. In Romania Marghescu is most frequent in: Mehedinți County, where 54 percent reside, Timiș County, where 26 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 10 percent reside. Not including Romania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mărghescu961/
Margescu94207/
Margesu881/
Mărgescu8232/
Markesic7160/
Marecsec7128/
Margusic718/
Margasyuk6732/
Marques C6724/
Margosyuk672/

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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 Marghescu
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