Casteñeira Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Casteñeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Casteneira (7) are calculated separately.
Casteñeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Casteñeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Casteñeira is carried by more people in Cuba than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Casteneira. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Casteñeira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Casteñeira is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Casteñeira reside; 50 percent reside in Caribbean and 50 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.
It is most widespread in Cuba, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,880,679. In Cuba Casteñeira is mostly concentrated in: Matanzas Province, where 100 percent live. Other than Cuba this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 38 percent live and Spain, where 13 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 Casteñeira
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