Carcaño Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Carcaño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carcaño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1131:413,73522,335
Mexico1021:1,216,92414,589
Argentina621:689,41047,472
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Puerto Rico311:114,5211,694
Paraguay131:556,6737,036
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Carcano (4,034) & Cárcano (8) are calculated separately.

Carcaño Last Name Facts

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

Carcaño is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Carcano or Cárcano. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carcaño? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 723,769th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Carcaño reside; 28 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 28 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname Carcaño is most commonly held in Spain, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 413,735. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Andalusia, where 43 percent live, Catalonia, where 22 percent live and Madrid, where 22 percent live. Excluding Spain this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 25 percent live and Argentina, where 15 percent live.

Carcaño Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Carcaño has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Carcaño surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carcano954,034/
Cárcano908/
Carcaña867/
Carcagno80489/
Carcanho8023/
Carcanio804/
Carcaino801/
Carcanjo801/
Carcaneo801/
Carceano801/
Carcanhio754/
Carcheano753/
Carcana7179/
Carcona713/
Corcano711/
Karcano711/
Carcanha6750/
Carcagna6741/
Carcanas673/
Carcanya671/

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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 Carcaño
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