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 most in Spain. It may also be rendered as a variant: Carcano or Cárcano. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carcaño? popularity and diffusion

It is the 723,769th most numerous surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Carcaño are found; 28 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 28 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name Carcaño is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 413,735. In Spain Carcaño is most frequent in: Andalusia, where 43 percent live, Catalonia, where 22 percent live and Madrid, where 22 percent live. Outside of Spain this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found 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 bearing the Carcaño last name declined 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
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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 Carcaño
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