Avendana Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Avendana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Avendana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Avendaña (132) are calculated separately.

Avendana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Avendana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Avendana occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Avendaña. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Avendana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. Avendana is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Avendana are found; 69 percent are found in South America and 69 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname Avendana is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 8,919,764. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 96 percent live and São Paulo, where 4 percent live. Outside of Brazil Avendana exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Nicaragua, where 6 percent live.

Avendana Last Name Statistics demography

Avendana earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.21% less than the national average, earning $27,958 USD per year.

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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 Avendana
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