Araña Surname
Approximately 7,175 people bear this surname
Araña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 6,649 | 1:15,226 | 1,684 |
| Venezuela | 248 | 1:121,791 | 4,095 |
| Argentina | 97 | 1:440,654 | 33,272 |
| Paraguay | 74 | 1:97,794 | 2,299 |
| Peru | 50 | 1:635,682 | 15,717 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Arana (104,670), Araňa (1) & Aranã (1) are calculated separately.
Araña (20) may also be a first name.
Araña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Araña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Araña is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Arana, Araňa or Aranã. Click here for further possible spellings of Araña.
How Common Is The Last Name Araña? popularity and diffusion
Araña is the 69,130th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,015,686 people. The surname Araña is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Araña live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Araña is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 20 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 6,649 people, or 1 in 15,226. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Bicol, where 18 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 15 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 12 percent reside. Barring The Philippines it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 3 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 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 Araña
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