Castensen Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Castensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Castensen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Castensen occurs most in Australia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Castensen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Castensen reside; 91 percent reside in Australasia and 91 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 1,285,510. In Australia Castensen is most prevalent in: Western Australia, where 48 percent live, New South Wales, where 24 percent live and Queensland, where 24 percent live. Excluding Australia it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live.

Castensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Castensen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Castensen
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