Castañer Surname
Approximately 1,635 people bear this surname
Castañer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1,425 | 1:32,808 | 3,285 |
| Argentina | 112 | 1:381,638 | 29,480 |
| Chile | 38 | 1:463,591 | 12,075 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Puerto Rico | 12 | 1:295,845 | 2,647 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Castaner (954) are calculated separately.
Castañer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castañer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Castañer occurs most in Spain. It may occur as a variant: Castaner. For other possible spellings of Castañer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Castañer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Castañer is the 243,808th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,457,215 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Castañer live; 87 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 87 percent live in Iberian Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Spain, where it is borne by 1,425 people, or 1 in 32,808. In Spain it is mostly found in: Valencian Community, where 35 percent are found, Catalonia, where 32 percent are found and Balearic Islands, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Spain it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 7 percent are found and Chile, where 2 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 Castañer
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