Telescu Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Telescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Telescu 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
Romania3521:57,0396,989
Moldova671:53,1557,609
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Teleșcu (1) are calculated separately.

Telescu Last Name Facts

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

Telescu is found most in Romania. It can also be found as a variant: Teleșcu. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Telescu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 686,443rd most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,869,319 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Telescu live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Telescu is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 57,039. In Romania Telescu is most numerous in: Caraș-Severin County, where 32 percent live, Suceava County, where 30 percent live and Timiș County, where 23 percent live. Aside from Romania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 2 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
Teleșcu951/
Telescus934/
Telecu922/
Tolescu86268/
Telecus864/
Telesku861/
Teleshku8051/
Taloescu802/
Teleku7737/
Telekeu7111/
Telekou711/
Talesku711/
Telekhuz676/
Telegkou674/
Tyleshku671/
Tielekou671/
Tileku621/
Tolisku571/
Talaskou531/
Teheliku531/
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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 Telescu
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