Castus Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Castus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Castus (1,005) may also be a first name.
Castus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Castus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Castus is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Castus? popularity and diffusion
Castus is the 1,173,425th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Castus live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 253,774th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,005 people.
The last name Castus is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 433,948. In Tanzania Castus is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 14 percent are found and Belgium, where 13 percent are found.
Castus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Castus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Castus surname decreased 83 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
- 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 Castus
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