Cañestro Surname

447,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 761 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Cañestro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cañestro Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain7521:62,1705,628
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Canestro (374) are calculated separately.

Cañestro Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cañestro occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Canestro. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañestro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 447,670th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 9,576,276 people. The surname Cañestro occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Cañestro are found; 96 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 96 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 752 people, or 1 in 62,170. In Spain it is mostly found in: Andalusia, where 66 percent live, Valencian Community, where 10 percent live and Catalonia, where 9 percent live. Other than Spain this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 1 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canestro96374/
Cañistro881/
Cañestra881/
Canhestro82224/
Cannestro8229/
Caniestro824/
Canestrop823/
Canistro75408/
Canastro75195/
Canestra75114/
Cañastra7595/
Conestro751/
Cannestra71157/
Connestro7112/
Canhestra713/
Cannistro711/
Canetra672/
Canitro671/
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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 Cañestro
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