Castañon Surname

15,380th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Castañon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico24,7371:5,018637
Guatemala7,2761:2,210363
Spain2,2641:20,6502,257
Argentina7291:58,6334,986
Peru5901:53,8714,453
Chile3071:57,3832,483
Bolivia1291:82,2983,511
Philippines571:1,776,109113,042
Venezuela421:719,14512,108
Panama401:97,8063,773
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
El Salvador41:1,585,9724,802
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Castanon (6,591), Castañón (322), Castañòn (11), Castañoñ (1), Castanón (1) & Castanõn (1) are calculated separately.

Castañon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castañon is most common in Mexico. It can also appear as a variant: Castanon, Castañón, Castañòn, Castañoñ, Castanón or Castanõn. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Castañon is the 15,380th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 201,119 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Castañon live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Hispano-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is borne by 24,737 people, or 1 in 5,018. In Mexico Castañon is mostly found in: Querétaro, where 10 percent are found, México, where 9 percent are found and Zacatecas, where 8 percent are found. Besides Mexico Castañon occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Guatemala, where 20 percent are found and Spain, where 6 percent are found.

Castañon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Castañon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Castañon last name grew 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Castañon Last Name Statistics demography

Castañon earn around the same as the average income. In Peru they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,969 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 Castañon
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