Bolañas Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Bolañas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolañas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Peru21:15,892,06251,966

The alternate forms: Bolanas (6) are calculated separately.

Bolañas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bolañas occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Bolanas. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolañas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Bolañas are found; 78 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 14,462,603. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Bicol, where 29 percent live, Central Luzon, where 29 percent live and Calabarzon, where 14 percent live. Apart from The Philippines it exists in one country. It is also common in Peru, where 22 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
  • 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 Bolañas
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