Melcescu Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Melcescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melcescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2191:91,68010,584
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Melcescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melcescu occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Melcescu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melcescu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,095,216th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melcescu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Romania, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 91,680. In Romania it is most frequent in: Argeș County, where 32 percent reside, Vâlcea County, where 26 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 21 percent reside. Beside Romania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mielcescu9495/
Malacescu828/
Milicescu824/
Milosescu71221/
Miloşescu7126/
Miloșescu712/

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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 Melcescu
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