Castañeta Surname

456,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 741 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bolivia
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Castañeta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañeta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bolivia7351:14,4441,381
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Castaneta (360) are calculated separately.

Castañeta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castañeta is held by more people in Bolivia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Castaneta. Click here to see other possible spellings of Castañeta.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañeta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Castañeta is the 456,743rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 9,834,745 people. The surname Castañeta occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Castañeta are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Andean South America.

The last name Castañeta is most widespread in Bolivia, where it is borne by 735 people, or 1 in 14,444. In Bolivia it is most prevalent in: La Paz Department, where 99 percent live, Cochabamba Department, where 1 percent live and Beni Department, where 0 percent live. Not including Bolivia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 0 percent live and Chile, where 0 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 Castañeta
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