Sandescu Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Sandescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania711:282,78725,901
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Săndescu (74) are calculated separately.

Sandescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sandescu is found most frequently in Romania. It may occur as: Săndescu. Click here for further possible spellings of Sandescu.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandescu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,020,555th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Sandescu is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Sandescu reside; 86 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 83 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

It is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 282,787. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Mehedinți County, where 86 percent reside, Neamț County, where 6 percent reside and Alba County, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Romania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 9 percent reside and Hungary, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Săndescu9674/
Sandesu933/
Candescu8832/
Shandesu881/
Sandeku801/
Condescu75686/
Sandekou757/
Sandikcu751/
Shandeku751/
Siandezu751/
Condeescu71131/
Sandejaud715/
Condesccu711/
Sandiekou711/
Sandiku671/
Sandikau635/
Sandikou631/
Sandhiju631/
Samdeizou593/
Samdeyzou591/
Sandhikhu591/

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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 Sandescu
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