Railescu Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Railescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Railescu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova691:51,6147,439
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Railescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Railescu is more commonly found in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Railescu? popularity and diffusion

Railescu is the 2,185,341st most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Railescu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Moldova, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 51,614. In Moldova Railescu is most frequent in: Cantemir District, where 51 percent live, Cahul District, where 45 percent live and Chișinău Municipality, where 3 percent live. Other than Moldova this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 5 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raiulescu941/
Ralescu9324/
Raulescu8862/
Railesku887/
Raslescu885/
Hrelescu757/
Raylesku756/
Ralekau6745/
Ralekeu672/
Ralheku671/
Relesku671/
Rattlecush670/
Realisku633/
Roylesku631/
Ralekoe531/
Ralikou531/
Ralekhoe501/
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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 Railescu
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