Cagayan Surname

251,147th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cagayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cagayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,5631:64,77211,021
United States81:45,307,367917,113
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Cagayan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cagayan (Arabic: كاجايان) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cagayan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 251,147th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,618,217 people. Cagayan is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Cagayan are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Cagayan is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,563 people, or 1 in 64,772. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Cagayan Valley, where 27 percent reside, Western Visayas, where 22 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 16 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Cagayan Last Name Statistics demography

Cagayan earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Cagayan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cagayan in the Arabic language
كاجايانkajayan-

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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 Cagayan
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