Castaños Surname

67,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,364 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Castaños Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castaños Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2,6271:38,5385,974
Mexico1,8581:66,8063,050
Spain9341:50,0564,695
Dominican Republic7551:13,8181,036
Argentina5501:77,7156,587
Bolivia3311:32,0742,115
Peru1071:297,04811,229
Venezuela871:347,1737,570
Colombia341:1,405,12010,559
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Chile171:1,036,26320,476
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Panama71:558,8949,437
El Salvador41:1,585,9724,802
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Castanos (1,174) & Castańos (1) are calculated separately.

Castaños Last Name Facts

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

The last name Castaños has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also occur as a variant: Castanos or Castańos. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Castaños? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 67,571st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 989,618 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Castaños reside; 36 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 36 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Castaños is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 2,627 people, or 1 in 38,538. In The Philippines it is most common in: Northern Mindanao, where 18 percent live, Central Visayas, where 14 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 11 percent live. Outside of The Philippines Castaños exists in 27 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 25 percent live and Spain, where 13 percent live.

Castaños Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Castaños has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Castaños last name rose 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Castaños Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Castaños earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 77.67% more than the national average, earning S/. 34,441 per year and in Colombia they earn 6.21% more than the national average, earning $24,111,500 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 Castaños
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