Cahuaya Surname

131,926th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Cahuaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cahuaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru1,9361:16,4172,045
Bolivia1,4361:7,393910
Brazil441:4,865,326126,089
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Cahuaya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cahuaya is held by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Cahuaya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cahuaya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 131,926th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,128,372 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cahuaya are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Andean South America.

This last name is most prevalent in Peru, where it is borne by 1,936 people, or 1 in 16,417. In Peru it is most numerous in: Puno Region, where 49 percent reside, Lima Province, where 25 percent reside and Tacna Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Peru it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Bolivia, where 42 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Cahuaya Last Name Statistics demography

Cahuaya earn significantly less than the average income. In Peru they earn 31.75% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,230 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 Cahuaya
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