Rescu Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Rescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Rescu Last Name Facts

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

Rescu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rescu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Rescu is primarily found in Africa, where 33 percent of Rescu reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Rescu is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,077,870. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Iași County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Romania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raescu91286/
Roescu91146/
Hrescu9110/
Răiescu831/
Riscu8055/
Resku8048/
Hriscu733,092/
Riscau7387/
Rescoe7386/
Riscou7315/
Rascau7310/
Roscau736/
Reskou732/
Reskus731/
Hresku731/
Reshku731/
Rezcui731/
Retschkau715/
Reiskup6723/
Reshkus6716/
Roeskau6710/
Rreshku672/
Reascoe670/

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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 Rescu
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