Carreton Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Carreton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carreton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain6541:71,4866,312
France461:1,443,972140,296
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Carretón (29) are calculated separately.

Carreton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carreton has its highest incidence in Spain. It can appear as a variant: Carretón. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carreton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 469,321st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,178,137 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Carreton are found; 91 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 91 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname Carreton is most prevalent in Spain, where it is held by 654 people, or 1 in 71,486. In Spain it is most frequent in: Valencian Community, where 28 percent reside, Castilla-La Mancha, where 23 percent reside and Madrid, where 15 percent reside. Barring Spain it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 6 percent reside and Mexico, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Carreton
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