Areñas Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Areñas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Arenas (234,652), Arenäs (16), Arenås (14), Àrenas (1), Arénas (1), Arenás (1) & Årenäs (5) are calculated separately.
Areñas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Areñas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Areñas is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Arenas, Arenäs, Arenås, Àrenas, Arénas, Arenás or Årenäs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Areñas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Areñas is the 3,323,005th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Areñas is primarily found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Areñas are found; 37 percent are found in South America and 37 percent are found in Caribbean South America.
The last name is most numerous in Colombia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 4,777,407. In Colombia it is primarily found in: Capital District, where 80 percent are found, Risaralda Department, where 10 percent are found and Santander Department, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Colombia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 29 percent are found and Spain, where 29 percent are found.
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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 Areñas
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