Scortescu Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Scortescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Scortescu 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
Moldova941:37,8875,823
Romania531:378,82831,692
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Scorţescu (1) & Scorțescu (1) are calculated separately.

Scortescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scortescu is held by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Scorţescu or Scorțescu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scortescu? popularity and diffusion

Scortescu is the 1,447,279th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. Scortescu is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Scortescu are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Moldova, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 37,887. In Moldova it is mostly found in: Chișinău Municipality, where 44 percent live, Dondușeni District, where 29 percent live and Drochia District, where 17 percent live. Beside Moldova Scortescu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 36 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
Scorţescu961/
Scorțescu961/
Scortesco8968/
Scurtescu8955/
Scordescu899/
Skurtesku674/
Sgardescu672/

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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 Scortescu
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