Castañieda Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Castañieda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañieda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

The alternate forms: Castanieda (38) are calculated separately.

Castañieda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Castañieda has its highest incidence in Argentina. It may appear as a variant: Castanieda. For other potential spellings of Castañieda click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañieda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Castañieda occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Castañieda live; 89 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

It is most widely held in Argentina, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,123,902. In Argentina Castañieda is primarily found in: Santa Fe Province, where 83 percent live and Catamarca Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Argentina it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 22 percent live and The Philippines, where 11 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 Castañieda
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