Matrescu Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Matrescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matrescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3751:53,5416,600
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Mătrescu (5) are calculated separately.

Matrescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matrescu is found most in Romania. It can also occur as: Mătrescu. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matrescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 751,291st most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The surname Matrescu occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Matrescu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.

It is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 53,541. In Romania it is primarily found in: Iași County, where 43 percent reside, Caraș-Severin County, where 30 percent reside and Botoșani County, where 21 percent reside. Other than Romania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mătrescu965/
Matresu9348/
Marescu9331/
Motrescu88716/
Margescu88207/
Mariescu88141/
Marescau8835/
Matresku889/
Marzescu884/
Marescaux821,542/
Mariscu8014/
Mărescu805/
Marecau803/
Marecus801/
Motresku75800/
Marecaux75733/
Marrecau7567/
Mărgescu7532/
Marecaut7522/
Mariscau753/
Matrysku751/
Maurecus750/
Mareku71209/
Măgirescu7132/
Măreșescu7120/
Maricu713/
Motreskou712/
Mariscout711/
Morecu711/
Maricau67161/
Maricou6782/
Mărăscu6771/
Maricut6763/
Morăscu6727/
Maricus6724/
Matriju679/
Marișcu674/
Marekou674/
Marreku671/
Marişcu671/
Mauricu671/
Marécau671/
Mayreku671/
Moresku671/
Mareiku671/
Marzeku671/
Maricuz670/

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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 Matrescu
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