Aleña Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Aleña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 142 | 1:329,240 | 19,264 |
| Argentina | 49 | 1:872,315 | 56,573 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
The alternate forms: Alena (2,950) & Aleñá (8) are calculated separately.
Aleña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aleña Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aleña occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Alena or Aleñá. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Aleña? popularity and diffusion
Aleña is the 1,177,228th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Aleña are found; 70 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 70 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Spain, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 329,240. In Spain Aleña is most prevalent in: Catalonia, where 61 percent reside and Andalusia, where 39 percent reside. Not including Spain this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 24 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Aleña
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