Cartaña Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Cartaña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cartaña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain3061:152,78411,245
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Cartana (129), Cartañá (12) & Cartañà (6) are calculated separately.

Cartaña Last Name Facts

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

Cartaña is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Cartana, Cartañá or Cartañà. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cartaña? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cartaña is the 807,857th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Cartaña are found; 88 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 88 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name Cartaña is most commonly held in Spain, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 152,784. In Spain Cartaña is mostly found in: Catalonia, where 96 percent reside, Balearic Islands, where 3 percent reside and Andalusia, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Spain it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 9 percent reside and Venezuela, where 2 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 Cartaña
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