Pescu Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Pescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania281:717,06748,956
Moldova221:161,88016,529
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Pescu Last Name Facts

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

Pescu is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pescu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pescu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,506,728th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Pescu is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Pescu live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 717,067. In Romania Pescu is most numerous in: Constanța County, where 96 percent are found and Dolj County, where 4 percent are found. Besides Romania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 37 percent are found and Taiwan, where 10 percent are found.

Pescu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pescu has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pescu surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pescud91236/
Piescu918/
Pescut911/
Pesu891,111/
Pecu8913/
Peschau8399/
Peschou834/
Pescuit831/
Petcu8025,130/
Pecku80935/
Poscu80906/
Peicu80380/
Pesut80364/
Pecou80245/
Peesu80195/
Pesau80181/
Piscu80149/
Peasu8053/
Pecus8052/
Pecuh8041/
Pecuš8037/
Pecau8018/
Peseu8016/
Pecut8014/
Pesus8013/
Pesku8012/
Peccu809/
Peceu807/
Piesu802/
Pesou802/
Peisu802/
Peacu801/
Pegcu801/
Peshku73677/
Pecout73595/
Pecuch73537/
Pascau73471/
Pecaut73432/
Peseux73292/
Pecceu73277/
Pecoud73154/
Pecaud73126/
Petcut73101/
Peckeu7399/
Pecheu7388/
Pesout7377/
Pesuth7359/
Piscou7340/
Pesuit7331/
Piscup7330/
Pecoup7328/
Pecush7327/
Petcou7326/
Piscus7320/
Pesaud7311/
Pecoux738/
Petcuț734/
Peicuț734/
Păscuț734/
Pescoe733/
Peicut732/
Peesau731/
Pecaux731/
Pascuh731/
Pascuj731/
Peskou731/
Pesaut731/
Pecaup731/
Peasui731/
Pisu677,196/
Picu671,632/
Peku67912/
Pezu67601/
Peccoud67362/
Peju67340/
Peccoux67170/
Peccaud6780/
Pecoult6745/
Pecault6743/
Pischou6727/
Pecqueu6724/
Petskus6718/
Peascoe6718/
Peicaud6711/
Pexu677/
Peicuch675/
Pekusch675/
Pechjuy675/
Petskou674/
Pîsu674/
Pecqeux672/
Pesauts672/
Piscout672/
Peckutė672/
Petchju672/
Peckeux671/
Peicheu671/
Peysoud671/
Pîcu671/
Pysu671/
Peckuid670/

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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 Pescu
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