Catalán Surname
Approximately 737 people bear this surname
Catalán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 356 | 1:131,326 | 9,990 |
| Guatemala | 143 | 1:112,466 | 3,073 |
| Chile | 105 | 1:167,776 | 5,566 |
| Mexico | 68 | 1:1,825,385 | 17,952 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Catalan (120,534), Catalàn (16), Catálan (1) & Cătălan (5) are calculated separately.
Catalán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Catalán Come From? nationality or country of origin
Catalán occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Catalan, Catalàn, Catálan or Cătălan. For other potential spellings of Catalán click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Catalán? popularity and diffusion
The surname Catalán is the 458,583rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 9,888,122 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Catalán are found; 49 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
It is most numerous in Spain, where it is carried by 356 people, or 1 in 131,326. In Spain Catalán is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 24 percent live, Madrid, where 21 percent live and Valencian Community, where 18 percent live. Other than Spain Catalán exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 19 percent live and Chile, where 14 percent live.
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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 Catalán
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