Castañosa Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Castañosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castañosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain901:519,46725,773
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Castañosa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Castañosa occurs most in Spain. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Castañosa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Castañosa is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Castañosa reside; 90 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

Castañosa is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 519,467. In Spain Castañosa is mostly concentrated in: Aragon, where 63 percent reside, Asturias, where 17 percent reside and Catalonia, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Spain this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 8 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Castañosa
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