Caragayan Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Caragayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caragayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1261:803,47876,852
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Caragayan Last Name Facts

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

Caragayan is most common in The Philippines. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caragayan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,596,935th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name Caragayan occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Caragayan reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 803,478. In The Philippines Caragayan is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 83 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 8 percent are found and Eastern Visayas, where 2 percent are found. Other than The Philippines Caragayan occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Caragayan
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