Castañar Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Castañar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2471:189,27913,181
Philippines1491:679,45169,999
Argentina1021:419,05331,889
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Castanar (119) are calculated separately.

Castañar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castañar is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Castanar. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 616,129th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. The last name Castañar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Castañar reside; 49 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Spain, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 189,279. In Spain it is most numerous in: Madrid, where 40 percent are found, Extremadura, where 24 percent are found and Catalonia, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Spain Castañar is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 30 percent are found and Argentina, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Castanar96119/
Castañare9426/
Castañaire891/
Castoñar881/
Castañor881/
Castanhar8268/
Castanhare7852/
Castagnare784/
Castanor751/
Costanar751/
Costanare711/
Castangor711/

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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 Castañar
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