Catangay Surname
Approximately 1,257 people bear this surname
Catangay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,160 | 1:87,274 | 15,162 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Catañgay (4) are calculated separately.
Catangay Demographics
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Catangay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Catangay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Catangay is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Catañgay. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Catangay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Catangay is the 302,077th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,797,570 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Catangay are found; 91 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
Catangay is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,160 people, or 1 in 87,274. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 60 percent live, National Capital Region, where 26 percent live and Central Luzon, where 6 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Catangay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Catangay last name are 11.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.29% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Catangay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 21.69% more than the national average, earning $52,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.48% more than the national average, earning $53,896 CAD per year.
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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 Catangay
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