Castañas Surname
Approximately 1,924 people bear this surname
Castañas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,921 | 1:52,701 | 8,714 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Castanas (70) are calculated separately.
Castañas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castañas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Castañas occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Castanas. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Castañas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Castañas is the 213,930th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,787,706 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Castañas are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,921 people, or 1 in 52,701. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Eastern Visayas, where 26 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 15 percent are found and Davao Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 0 percent are found and Mexico, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castanas | 96 | 70 | / |
| Castaños | 88 | 7,364 | / |
| Costañas | 88 | 114 | / |
| Castañaz | 88 | 5 | / |
| Castanhas | 82 | 208 | / |
| Castanias | 82 | 46 | / |
| Castagnas | 82 | 8 | / |
| Castañios | 82 | 3 | / |
| Castañous | 82 | 1 | / |
| Castanyas | 82 | 1 | / |
| Castanos | 75 | 1,174 | / |
| Kastanas | 75 | 606 | / |
| Costaños | 75 | 533 | / |
| Costanas | 75 | 11 | / |
| Castanaz | 75 | 6 | / |
| Castañoz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Castoños | 75 | 1 | / |
| Castańos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Castagnos | 71 | 461 | / |
| Kastanias | 71 | 425 | / |
| Castanhos | 71 | 9 | / |
| Castanios | 71 | 9 | / |
| Castanyos | 71 | 8 | / |
| Costanias | 71 | 6 | / |
| Casteanos | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kastaneas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kastaunas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Costañoss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Castaignos | 67 | 155 | / |
| Castagnous | 67 | 35 | / |
| Castanhace | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kastannias | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kastanos | 63 | 355 | / |
| Costanos | 63 | 26 | / |
| Castagnouse | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kostanas | 63 | 1 | / |
| Castonos | 63 | 1 | / |
| Costanios | 59 | 39 | / |
| Kostainas | 59 | 2 | / |
| Castonjos | 59 | 1 | / |
| Koustanas | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kostanos | 50 | 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 Castañas
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