Castañet Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cuba
Highest density in:
Panama

Castañet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Castanet (1,941) are calculated separately.

Castañet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Castañet is held by more people in Cuba than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Castanet. For other potential spellings of Castañet click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañet? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Castañet occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Castañet live; 40 percent live in Caribbean and 40 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.

The last name Castañet is most widespread in Cuba, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 5,761,358. In Cuba it is mostly found in: Havana, where 50 percent are found and Pinar del Río Province, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Cuba it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Panama, where 20 percent are found and Spain, where 20 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 Castañet
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