Cagueñas Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Cagueñas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cagueñas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia3021:158,1924,452
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269

The alternate forms: Caguenas (8) & Cagûeñas (1) are calculated separately.

Cagueñas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cagueñas is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Caguenas or Cagûeñas. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cagueñas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cagueñas is the 874,560th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cagueñas are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most prevalent in Colombia, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 158,192. In Colombia it is most frequent in: Capital District, where 38 percent live, Meta Department, where 24 percent live and Cundinamarca Department, where 22 percent live. Barring Colombia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 2 percent live and Ecuador, where 1 percent live.

Cagueñas Last Name Statistics demography

Cagueñas earn around the same as the average income. In Colombia they earn 3.15% more than the national average, earning $23,417,600 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caguenas968/
Cagûeñas961/
Cagueña9373/
Cageñas931/
Caqueñas882/
Cagueñaz882/
Cogueñas881/
Cagueño80121/
Caguinea751/
Cagena716/
Cagiña711/
Kaguena671/
Caguina671/
Cagueno670/

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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 Cagueñas
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