Casting Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Casting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 157 | 1:489,061 | 29,269 |
| Haiti | 38 | 1:281,155 | 9,538 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 79 | 1:635,680 | 42,122 |
Casting (56) may also be a first name.
Casting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Casting Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Casting (Arabic: كاستينغ) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Casting? popularity and diffusion
The surname Casting is the 1,152,132nd most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. Casting is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Casting are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Casting is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 56 people.
The surname Casting is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 489,061. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 87 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 8 percent reside and Khuzestan Province, where 3 percent reside. Other than Iran Casting occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 18 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Casting Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Casting in the Arabic language | ||
| كاستينغ | kastyngh | - |
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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 Casting
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