Cahueñas Surname

477,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 699 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Cahueñas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cahueñas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador6941:22,9193,117
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Cahuenas (188) are calculated separately.

Cahueñas Last Name Facts

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

Cahueñas is held by more people in Ecuador than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Cahuenas. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cahueñas? popularity and diffusion

Cahueñas is the 477,903rd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,425,674 people. Cahueñas occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cahueñas reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Andean South America.

This last name is most prevalent in Ecuador, where it is carried by 694 people, or 1 in 22,919. In Ecuador it is most common in: Pichincha Province, where 93 percent are found, Napo Province, where 3 percent are found and Carchi Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Ecuador Cahueñas exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 0 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.

Cahueñas Last Name Statistics demography

Cahueñas earn somewhat less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 9.72% less than the national average, earning $20,496,600 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cahuenas96188/
Cahueña932/
Caueñas932/
Cahuñas931/
Cahueños881/
Cueñas862/
Cahueño8094/
Cahuiña8061/
Caveñas804/
Cabeñas803/
Cahuena802/
Cahunas801/
Cauña771/
Ccahuiña7544/
Cahuinas752/
Cabuiñas751/
Cuiñas71578/
Cauñga7147/
Canhea7142/
Caiñas7132/
Cahuna7130/
Cuenas716/
Cheyña714/
Caunas713/
Cuíñas713/
Caenas712/
Cabeña712/
Cheiña711/
Caneas711/
Cayuña711/
Caíñas711/
Cahuina67547/
Cauneac67471/
Cauneau67404/
Scaunas67162/
Cavañas67155/
Cavenas6741/
Chounas6722/
Cuengas6712/
Cabenas675/
Cabiñas675/
Chaunas673/
Kahunas673/
Caengas672/
Cajañas671/
Cabeños671/
Cahueno671/
Caubeño671/
Casuena671/
Cavoñas671/
Cayenas670/
Caunnas670/
Canneas670/

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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 Cahueñas
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