Catafau Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Catafau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 28 | 1:629,160 | 15,000 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Catafau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Catafau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Catafau is held by more people in Chile than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Catafau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Catafau reside; 57 percent reside in South America and 57 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname Catafau is most frequent in Chile, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 629,160. In Chile Catafau is most common in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 32 percent are found, O'Higgins Region, where 29 percent are found and Araucanía Region, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Chile this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 36 percent are found and Argentina, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cataffa | 86 | 29 | / |
| Catafay | 86 | 2 | / |
| Katafa | 77 | 71 | / |
| Satafa | 77 | 60 | / |
| Katafu | 77 | 45 | / |
| Jatafa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Qatafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cataffo | 71 | 337 | / |
| Katafaj | 71 | 60 | / |
| Katafay | 71 | 40 | / |
| Qatafah | 71 | 12 | / |
| Katafat | 71 | 6 | / |
| Katafai | 71 | 6 | / |
| Katafea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cattafo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Satafou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qatafat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kataifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katatfa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Satafai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katafut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chatapha | 67 | 189 | / |
| Katafuji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Katafaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Katafayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saytaïfa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Catafau
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