Motrescu Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Motrescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motrescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania6811:29,4833,767
Moldova241:148,39015,621
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Motrescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motrescu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motrescu? popularity and diffusion

Motrescu is the 469,321st most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 10,178,137 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Motrescu are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 681 people, or 1 in 29,483. In Romania Motrescu is mostly found in: Suceava County, where 57 percent are found, Timiș County, where 17 percent are found and Botoșani County, where 12 percent are found. Beside Romania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mitrescu88818/
Motresku88800/
Matrescu88382/
Mutrescu88214/
Modrescu88116/
Mătrescu885/
Mitroescu82126/
Motreskou822/
Matresku759/
Motrysku757/
Mitresku752/
Motresko752/
Mitrascu751/
Medresc6729/
Mitrsca671/
Motarscaia671/
Mătraşcu631/
Matrysku631/

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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 Motrescu
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