Cartagena Surname

8,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68,246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Honduras

Cartagena Surname User-submission:

Habitational name for someone from Catagena, Spain.

Cartagena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia12,7081:3,759610
Bolivia8,1421:1,304263
Philippines7,5711:13,3721,406
Honduras7,4211:1,188248
United States6,7361:53,8096,442
El Salvador5,3361:1,189237
Chile4,1181:4,278592
Peru3,4521:9,2071,333
Ecuador2,5031:6,3551,048
Spain2,3301:20,0652,209
Mexico1,6481:75,3193,256
Venezuela1,4181:21,3001,512
Dominican Republic1,0861:9,607809
Puerto Rico1,0751:3,302269
Guatemala9841:16,3441,441
Uruguay4331:7,926889
France2761:240,66237,281
Argentina2551:167,62114,084
Brazil2501:856,29730,890
Canada1401:263,18324,832
Belize891:3,994752
Costa Rica611:78,3621,469
Italy401:1,528,91781,534
Australia301:899,85754,700
Panama221:177,8305,396
England151:3,714,537119,675
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Guam11:160,1214,893
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
San Marino11:33,214932
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Dominica11:75,891912

The alternate forms: Cartageña (3) & Cartagéna (1) are calculated separately.

Cartagena (59) may also be a first name.

Cartagena Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Habitational name for someone from Catagena, Spain.

- mcodoh

Cartagena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cartagena is held by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Cartageña or Cartagéna. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cartagena.

How Common Is The Last Name Cartagena? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,350th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 106,783 people. The last name Cartagena occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Cartagena live; 49 percent live in South America and 21 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 1,282,666th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 59 people.

The surname is most widespread in Colombia, where it is borne by 12,708 people, or 1 in 3,759. In Colombia it is primarily concentrated in: Antioquia Department, where 64 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 8 percent reside and Tolima Department, where 6 percent reside. Barring Colombia it occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in Bolivia, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 11 percent reside.

Cartagena Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Cartagena are 42.79% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.02% registered with the party.

The amount Cartagena earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 24.06% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,720 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.43% more than the national average, earning $23,482,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.66% less than the national average, earning $36,823 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.27% less than the national average, earning $46,568 CAD per year.

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