Castañeira Surname
Approximately 781 people bear this surname
Castañeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 484 | 1:88,313 | 7,437 |
| Spain | 271 | 1:172,517 | 12,306 |
| Cuba | 10 | 1:1,152,272 | 6,837 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
The alternate forms: Castaneira (544) are calculated separately.
Castañeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castañeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Castañeira is borne by more people in Argentina than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Castaneira. Click here to see other potential spellings of Castañeira.
How Common Is The Last Name Castañeira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 438,773rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,331,045 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Castañeira reside; 64 percent reside in South America and 63 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname Castañeira is most frequently used in Argentina, where it is carried by 484 people, or 1 in 88,313. In Argentina Castañeira is most numerous in: Buenos Aires Province, where 42 percent are found, Santa Fe Province, where 31 percent are found and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Argentina Castañeira occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 35 percent are found and Cuba, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Castañeira
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