Characayo Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bolivia
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Characayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Characayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bolivia1941:54,7242,850
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

Characayo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Characayo occurs in Bolivia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Characayo.

How Common Is The Last Name Characayo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,198,640th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Characayo are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Andean South America.

This surname is most frequently held in Bolivia, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 54,724. In Bolivia it is most prevalent in: Santa Cruz Department, where 93 percent reside, Cochabamba Department, where 5 percent reside and Potosi Department, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Bolivia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Chile, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Characayo
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