Caranagan Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Caranagan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Carañagan (320) are calculated separately.
Caranagan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caranagan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Caranagan is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Carañagan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caranagan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Caranagan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Caranagan are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Caranagan is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 3,749,564. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Eastern Visayas, where 56 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 22 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines Caranagan exists in one country. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carañagan | 96 | 320 | / |
| Caranaghan | 95 | 10 | / |
| Charanagan | 95 | 6 | / |
| Caranñagan | 95 | 1 | / |
| Karanagan | 89 | 6 | / |
| Saranagan | 89 | 3 | / |
| Karanaghan | 84 | 1 | / |
| Saranaghan | 84 | 1 | / |
| Caronongan | 74 | 902 | / |
| Caronoñgan | 74 | 14 | / |
| Caroñongan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Karenaghan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Saranogon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Coronongan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Caronongon | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kerenaghan | 63 | 0 | / |
| Carononghan | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Caranagan
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