Castanheiro Surname

275,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Castanheiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castanheiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil8921:239,9949,255
Portugal3681:28,3101,809
Canada551:669,92054,285
France421:1,581,493147,826
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
England41:13,929,515290,718
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Castanheiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castanheiro is most common in Brazil. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Castanheiro? popularity and diffusion

It is the 275,596th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,175,814 people. The surname Castanheiro occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Castanheiro reside; 63 percent reside in South America and 63 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname Castanheiro is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 892 people, or 1 in 239,994. In Brazil it is most common in: Santa Catarina, where 52 percent are found, São Paulo, where 28 percent are found and Paraná, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Castanheiro Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Castanheiro last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Castanheiro earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.52% more than the national average, earning $71,802 CAD per year.

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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 Castanheiro
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