Saftescu Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Saftescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Saftescu 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
Romania1231:163,23516,981
Moldova271:131,90314,519
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

The alternate forms: Săftescu (14) are calculated separately.

Saftescu Last Name Facts

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

Saftescu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Săftescu. For other possible spellings of Saftescu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saftescu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,422,956th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname Saftescu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Saftescu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 163,235. In Romania Saftescu is most numerous in: Argeș County, where 50 percent live, Dolj County, where 23 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 22 percent live. Aside from Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 18 percent live and Germany, 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
Săftescu9614/
Sfetescu885/
Saftesku881/
Saftesco881/
Savitescu823/
Saftesko751/
Savtsuk6718/
Sobtekeu502/

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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 Saftescu
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