Castañeiras Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Castañeiras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 72 | 1:649,334 | 29,324 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Castaneiras (14) are calculated separately.
Castañeiras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castañeiras Come From? nationality or country of origin
Castañeiras is most common in Spain. It can occur in the variant forms: Castaneiras. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Castañeiras? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,658,108th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. Castañeiras is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Castañeiras reside; 60 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 649,334. In Spain it is mostly found in: Castile and León, where 57 percent live, Catalonia, where 29 percent live and Galicia, where 14 percent live. Apart from Spain it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 37 percent live and Mexico, where 3 percent live.
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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 Castañeiras
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