Velescu Surname
Approximately 1,513 people bear this surname
Velescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,450 | 1:13,847 | 1,781 |
| Moldova | 30 | 1:118,712 | 13,533 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Veleşcu (8) are calculated separately.
Velescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Velescu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Veleşcu. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Velescu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 259,764th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,816,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Velescu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 1,450 people, or 1 in 13,847. In Romania Velescu is most frequent in: Caraș-Severin County, where 61 percent live, Iași County, where 9 percent live and Bacău County, where 7 percent live. Beside Romania this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veleşcu | 95 | 8 | / |
| Veliscu | 86 | 851 | / |
| Belescu | 86 | 110 | / |
| Valescu | 86 | 26 | / |
| Vilescu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Veleshku | 80 | 26 | / |
| Belețescu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Belesku | 71 | 41 | / |
| Bilescu | 71 | 31 | / |
| Velişcu | 71 | 26 | / |
| Valascu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Valesku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Voloscu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bailescu | 67 | 214 | / |
| Builescu | 67 | 67 | / |
| Velishku | 67 | 13 | / |
| Beleshku | 67 | 3 | / |
| Veliskou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Velyshku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Velychku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Voloşcu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Viliskou | 53 | 4 | / |
| Vylychku | 53 | 2 | / |
| Beleçkuy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vilitskou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Velescu
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