Plesescu Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Plesescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plesescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1701:118,10513,095
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Pleșescu (9) & Pleşescu (1) are calculated separately.

Plesescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Plesescu is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Pleșescu or Pleşescu. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Plesescu? popularity and diffusion

Plesescu is the 1,267,784th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. Plesescu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Plesescu live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 118,105. In Romania Plesescu is most prevalent in: Timiș County, where 30 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 28 percent reside and Suceava County, where 23 percent reside. Aside from Romania Plesescu is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Plesescu Last Name Statistics demography

Plesescu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.9% more than the national average, earning $58,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleșescu969/
Pleşescu961/
Palasescu826/
Balasescu71491/
Balusescu7198/
Palasesuk7110/
Paulcescu711/
Ploysesuk711/
Plessouski673/
Ploysesouy671/
Ployseesouy531/

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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 Plesescu
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