Pentelescu Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Pentelescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 332 | 1:60,476 | 7,315 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Pentelescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pentelescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pentelescu occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pentelescu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 818,364th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name Pentelescu occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pentelescu are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
Pentelescu is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 60,476. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Suceava County, where 82 percent reside, Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 17 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Romania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentilescu | 90 | 132 | / |
| Pentelesku | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pantelescu | 90 | 1 | / |
| Penteleciuc | 86 | 19 | / |
| Penteleiciuc | 82 | 61 | / |
| Pintilescu | 80 | 412 | / |
| Pandelescu | 80 | 363 | / |
| Pantilescu | 80 | 71 | / |
| Pintiliescu | 76 | 204 | / |
| Panteleciuc | 76 | 15 | / |
| Panteleskou | 76 | 4 | / |
| Pentelski | 74 | 23 | / |
| Panteleiciuc | 73 | 224 | / |
| Panteleska | 70 | 4 | / |
| Panteleski | 70 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pentelescu
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