Zanfirescu Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Zanfirescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Zanfirescu 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
Romania2411:83,3119,735
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Zanfirescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zanfirescu is found most frequently in Romania. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zanfirescu? popularity and diffusion

Zanfirescu is the 1,020,242nd most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Zanfirescu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

Zanfirescu is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 83,311. In Romania Zanfirescu is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 25 percent reside, Dolj County, where 23 percent reside and Botoșani County, where 17 percent reside. Not including Romania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.

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
Sanfirescu901/
Samfirescu80120/
Zamfiresku8033/
Zanfrisco7418/
Zamfyresku7011/
Sanfrisco630/
Sanver Sucu571/
Sanfrisko536/

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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 Zanfirescu
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