Castañedas Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Panama
Highest density in:
Panama

Castañedas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañedas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Panama3121:12,5391,028
Colombia231:2,077,13412,400
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Cuba71:1,646,1028,141
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Castanedas (61) are calculated separately.

Castañedas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castañedas occurs more in Panama more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Castanedas. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañedas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 758,524th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 19,330,361 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Castañedas reside; 85 percent reside in Central America and 85 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Panama, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 12,539. In Panama Castañedas is most numerous in: Panamá Province, where 82 percent reside, Panamá Oeste Province, where 13 percent reside and Coclé Province, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Panama this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 6 percent reside and Argentina, where 3 percent reside.

Castañedas Last Name Statistics demography

Castañedas earn marginally less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 0.09% less than the national average, earning $22,681,300 COP 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 Castañedas
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