Castañes Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Castañes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062

The alternate forms: Castanes (46) are calculated separately.

Castañes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castañes is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Castanes. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Castañes occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Castañes reside; 63 percent reside in South America and 63 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

Castañes is most prevalent in Colombia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 4,777,407. In Colombia Castañes is primarily concentrated in: Cesar Department, where 80 percent are found, Atlántico Department, where 10 percent are found and Magdalena Department, where 10 percent are found. Not including Colombia it is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 38 percent are found.

Castañes Last Name Statistics demography

Castañes earn somewhat more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $24,843,400 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 Castañes
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