Cazañas Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Cazañas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cazañas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador2491:63,8795,200
Mexico981:1,266,59414,898
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Cazanas (533) are calculated separately.

Cazañas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cazañas occurs most in Ecuador. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Cazanas. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cazañas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cazañas is the 734,496th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Cazañas reside; 72 percent reside in South America and 63 percent reside in Andean South America.

The last name is most frequent in Ecuador, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 63,879. In Ecuador it is mostly found in: Cotopaxi Province, where 22 percent are found, Pichincha Province, where 22 percent are found and Guayas Province, where 20 percent are found. Barring Ecuador Cazañas exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 25 percent are found and Venezuela, where 7 percent are found.

Cazañas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cazañas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cazañas surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cazañas Last Name Statistics demography

Cazañas earn significantly more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 33.7% more than the national average, earning $30,354,100 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cazanas95533/
Cazaña92241/
Casañas867,667/
Cazeñas86649/
Cajañas861/
Chazanas8035/
Cassañas8010/
Cazangas803/
Casiañas802/
Carzanas801/
Casanñas801/
Cachañas801/
Cazannas800/
Cazana77277/
Cazaño7721/
Cacaña7718/
Cajaña777/
Cazańa772/
Cazanga712,151/
Kazanas711,025/
Casanas711,018/
Carzana7178/
Casaños7168/
Cazenas7156/
Cazanac7123/
Casañaz717/
Cacanas715/
Caizana714/
Cayzana714/
Cazaméa711/
Cosañas711/
Cazanos711/
Caucanas67135/
Cassanas6799/
Cazaunau6749/
Kazangas6723/
Casanias6721/
Casanyas675/
Cazziana671/
Casatños671/
Cazzanha671/

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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 Cazañas
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