Castañal Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Castañal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 64 | 1:730,501 | 31,369 |
| Cuba | 16 | 1:720,170 | 6,008 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Castanal (2) are calculated separately.
Castañal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castañal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Castañal is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Castanal. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Castañal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,007,164th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Castañal occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Castañal live; 74 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent live in Iberian Europe.
It is most commonly held in Spain, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 730,501. In Spain it is most frequent in: Galicia, where 88 percent live and Catalonia, where 13 percent live. Outside of Spain it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cuba, where 18 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castanal | 96 | 2 | / |
| Castañol | 88 | 20 | / |
| Catañgal | 88 | 12 | / |
| Casteñal | 88 | 1 | / |
| Castanhal | 82 | 16 | / |
| Castañole | 82 | 2 | / |
| Catanal | 80 | 4 | / |
| Catañol | 80 | 1 | / |
| Catangal | 75 | 295 | / |
| Castanol | 75 | 10 | / |
| Catanhal | 75 | 1 | / |
| Casteñol | 75 | 1 | / |
| Castagnol | 71 | 130 | / |
| Catangnal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katanal | 67 | 5 | / |
| Castagnole | 67 | 5 | / |
| Castagnoll | 67 | 4 | / |
| Castanhole | 67 | 4 | / |
| Castagnolt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Catanol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Catangahal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Castagnold | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Castañal
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