Castiñeira Surname
Approximately 5,044 people bear this surname
Castiñeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3,237 | 1:14,443 | 1,657 |
| Argentina | 1,225 | 1:34,893 | 2,912 |
| Paraguay | 275 | 1:26,315 | 954 |
| Cuba | 145 | 1:79,467 | 2,668 |
| Uruguay | 59 | 1:58,165 | 6,298 |
| Venezuela | 53 | 1:569,888 | 10,391 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Castineira (500) are calculated separately.
Castiñeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castiñeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Castiñeira is found in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Castineira. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Castiñeira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 94,473rd most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,444,795 people. Castiñeira occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Castiñeira live; 64 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 64 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The last name Castiñeira is most commonly held in Spain, where it is borne by 3,237 people, or 1 in 14,443. In Spain Castiñeira is most prevalent in: Galicia, where 72 percent are found, Catalonia, where 6 percent are found and Madrid, where 5 percent are found. Not including Spain it exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 24 percent are found and Paraguay, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Castiñeira
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