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

The surname Rescu is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rescu is the 10,311,814th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name 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.

It is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,077,870. In Romania Rescu is most prevalent in: Iași County, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Romania Rescu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
  • 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 Rescu
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