Avendaña Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Avendaña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 118 | 1:51,026 | 1,435 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Avendana (35) are calculated separately.
Avendaña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Avendaña Come From? nationality or country of origin
Avendaña is more frequently found in Nicaragua than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Avendana. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Avendaña? popularity and diffusion
The last name Avendaña is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Avendaña reside; 91 percent reside in Central America and 91 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.
The last name Avendaña is most frequent in Nicaragua, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 51,026. In Nicaragua Avendaña is most common in: Managua Department, where 47 percent reside, Masaya Department, where 26 percent reside and Boaco Department, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nicaragua this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 4 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avendana | 96 | 35 | / |
| Avendañ | 93 | 9 | / |
| Avendañó | 88 | 2 | / |
| Avendanha | 82 | 50 | / |
| Avendaños | 82 | 9 | / |
| Avendanño | 82 | 7 | / |
| Avendania | 82 | 2 | / |
| Avendañou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Avendañoo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Avendano | 75 | 7,177 | / |
| Avandaño | 75 | 10 | / |
| Avendoño | 75 | 4 | / |
| Avemdaño | 75 | 4 | / |
| Avindaño | 75 | 4 | / |
| Evendaño | 75 | 3 | / |
| Avendona | 75 | 2 | / |
| Avendeño | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ovendaño | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ávendaño | 75 | 1 | / |
| Avendańo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aveñdaño | 75 | 1 | / |
| Avendanio | 71 | 371 | / |
| Avendanho | 71 | 27 | / |
| Avendanyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Avendanno | 71 | 2 | / |
| Auvendano | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aveandano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Avendanos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Avendanoo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Avendeano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Govendhana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avendanios | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Avendaña
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