Oprescu
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries
/opresku/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Oprescu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- RORomania≈1 in 6.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 352K
- ITItaly≈1 in 509K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 76 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,500 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)a surname originating as a patronymic
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Oprescu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | #392 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | Oprescu | 65 |
| ES Spain | — | 142 | 1 in 352K | 142 | Oprescu | 17 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 509K | — | Oprescu | 12 |
| US United States | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | listed | Oprescu | 76 |
| FR France | — | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | — | Oprescu | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 647K | — | Oprescu | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ioan Oprescub. 1865RORomanian general
- George Oprescub. 1881RORomanian art historian (1881-1969)
- Sorin Oprescub. 1951RORomanian politician (born 1951)
- Simona Bucura-Oprescub. 1980RORomanian politician
- Gheorghe OprescuRORomanian politician from Ostroveni, Dolj County
- Marius OprescuRORomanian politician from Olt County
- Viorel OprescuRORomanian politician from Poiana Mare, Dolj County
- Florin OprescuAUresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 142 | #21,445 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 142 | #21,327 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Oprescu mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Oprescu?
- A machine transcription gives /opresku/ (IPA) for Romanian.
- In which country does Oprescu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Oprescu in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled oprescu.
- How common is the name Oprescu?
- In Spain, the national register counted 142 people named Oprescu, about 1 in 352 thousand residents.
- How common is Oprescu compared with other names?
- In Romania, Oprescu is the 392nd most common surname of 78,699 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/oprescuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Oprescu” — the 392nd most common surname in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.