Castañega Surname
14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 1 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru
Castañega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Castanega (3) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castanega | 96 | 3 | / |
| Castañaga | 89 | 229 | / |
| Gastañega | 89 | 1 | / |
| Castanga | 82 | 8 | / |
| Catañgay | 82 | 4 | / |
| Gastañaga | 78 | 665 | / |
| Castanaga | 78 | 23 | / |
| Castaneca | 78 | 6 | / |
| Castaniga | 78 | 1 | / |
| Castanego | 78 | 1 | / |
| Castayneg | 78 | 1 | / |
| Castang | 75 | 585 | / |
| Casteng | 75 | 2 | / |
| Castaniaga | 74 | 69 | / |
| Castanguay | 74 | 3 | / |
| Gastañagga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Castaing | 71 | 5,207 | / |
| Castango | 71 | 22 | / |
| Gastanga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Castañoc | 71 | 2 | / |
| Castanek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Castanig | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gaztañaga | 67 | 597 | / |
| Gastanaga | 67 | 97 | / |
| Castainca | 67 | 22 | / |
| Castongay | 67 | 12 | / |
| Castenhag | 67 | 11 | / |
| Castangue | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gastenaga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Castaínça | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gastaňaga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kasitanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Castanaca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Castaínca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Castanguy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Castinago | 67 | 0 | / |
| Castongai | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Castañega
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis