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
The surname Aleña is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Alena or Aleñá. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aleña? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,177,228th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Aleña reside; 70 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 70 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The last name Aleña is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 329,240. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Catalonia, where 61 percent live and Andalusia, where 39 percent live. Excluding Spain Aleña exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 24 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 percent live.
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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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