Argaña Surname
Approximately 1,807 people bear this surname
Argaña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 1,563 | 1:4,630 | 407 |
| Argentina | 101 | 1:423,202 | 32,207 |
| Philippines | 93 | 1:1,088,583 | 89,772 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Argana (2,828) are calculated separately.
Argaña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Argaña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Argaña is more commonly found in Paraguay than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Argana. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Argaña? popularity and diffusion
Argaña is the 224,999th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,032,953 people. Argaña is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Argaña are found; 92 percent are found in South America and 86 percent are found in Paraguayan South America.
This last name is most common in Paraguay, where it is borne by 1,563 people, or 1 in 4,630. In Paraguay it is primarily concentrated in: Central Department, where 68 percent live, Asunción, where 12 percent live and Cordillera Department, where 9 percent live. Not including Paraguay this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 6 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
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- 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 Argaña
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