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 is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Castanas. For other possible spellings of Castañas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Castañas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 213,930th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,787,706 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Castañas reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,921 people, or 1 in 52,701. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Eastern Visayas, where 26 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 15 percent are found and Davao Region, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common 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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