Castans Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Castans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France751:885,636103,228
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Castañs (9) are calculated separately.

Castans Last Name Facts

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

Castans occurs most in France. It may also occur as a variant: Castañs. Click here for further possible spellings of Castans.

How Common Is The Last Name Castans? popularity and diffusion

The last name Castans is the 1,658,108th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Castans live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 885,636. In France Castans is most common in: Occitanie, where 91 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 8 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 1 percent reside. Outside of France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Castans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Castans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Castans last name rose 633 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Castans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Castans last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Castans earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD 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
  • 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 Castans
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