Castagné Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Jersey

Castagné Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castagné Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France941:706,62589,060
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
England21:27,859,030389,889
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Jersey11:99,2026,620
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Castagne (2,293) & Castagñe (1) are calculated separately.

Castagné Last Name Facts

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

The last name Castagné is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Castagne or Castagñe. Click here for other potential spellings of Castagné.

How Common Is The Last Name Castagné? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,691,963rd most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Castagné is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Castagné live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Castagné is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 706,625. In France it is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 31 percent live, Île-de-France, where 28 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 16 percent live. Aside from France this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 9 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

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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 Castagné
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