Castiñeiras Surname

173,705th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Castiñeiras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castiñeiras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,6351:28,5952,938
Argentina6891:62,0375,282
Uruguay511:67,2897,157
Cuba501:230,4544,614
Venezuela281:1,078,71715,964
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Castineiras (193) are calculated separately.

Castiñeiras Last Name Facts

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

The surname Castiñeiras is carried by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Castineiras. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Castiñeiras? popularity and diffusion

The last name Castiñeiras is the 173,705th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,946,844 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Castiñeiras are found; 66 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 66 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 1,635 people, or 1 in 28,595. In Spain Castiñeiras is primarily concentrated in: Galicia, where 80 percent are found, Madrid, where 5 percent are found and Catalonia, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Spain this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 28 percent are found and Uruguay, where 2 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 Castiñeiras
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