Schiopescu Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Schiopescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schiopescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1521:132,09114,378
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Șchiopescu (40) & Şchiopescu (4) are calculated separately.

Schiopescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schiopescu is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Șchiopescu or Şchiopescu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schiopescu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schiopescu is the 1,398,030th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname Schiopescu is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Schiopescu live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

Schiopescu is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 132,091. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Mehedinți County, where 58 percent live, Timiș County, where 34 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 3 percent live. Barring Romania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Șchiopescu9740/
Şchiopescu974/
Schipescu951/
Chopsuk71810/
Chipsuk711/
Chepesciuc704/
Schipscaia703/
Schipske6782/
Schipski6715/
Chipeska6711/
Schapsuk676/
Schopska673/
Chipesko672/
Schapiescky671/
Schopsky671/
Schipsky671/
Chopeski670/

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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 Schiopescu
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