Colmenares Surname
Approximately 107,307 people bear this surname
Colmenares Surname Definition:
Some believe that this word might be from the Celtic word "Kolmena" that comes from "kolmos" and means straw. The most common meaning from ancient times is a place where the "colmenas," beehives, are kept.
Castilian name from Polentinos, in Cervera de Río Pisuerga (Palencia).
Read More About This SurnameColmenares Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 83,425 | 1:362 | 59 |
| Colombia | 9,720 | 1:4,915 | 735 |
| Mexico | 7,555 | 1:16,430 | 1,380 |
| United States | 2,044 | 1:177,328 | 17,778 |
| Peru | 1,878 | 1:16,924 | 2,089 |
| Spain | 836 | 1:55,923 | 5,160 |
| Argentina | 418 | 1:102,257 | 8,640 |
| Philippines | 406 | 1:249,355 | 37,348 |
| Ecuador | 355 | 1:44,805 | 4,508 |
| Guatemala | 202 | 1:79,617 | 2,707 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| Brazil | 68 | 1:3,148,152 | 91,004 |
| Costa Rica | 32 | 1:149,377 | 2,141 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
The alternate forms: Colmenáres (2) are calculated separately.
Colmenares (15) may also be a first name.
Colmenares Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Some believe that this word might be from the Celtic word "Kolmena" that comes from "kolmos" and means straw. The most common meaning from ancient times is a place where the "colmenas," beehives, are kept.
Castilian name from Polentinos, in Cervera de Río Pisuerga (Palencia).
Colmenares Demographics
Average Male Colmenares Height
171.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Colmenares Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colmenares Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Colmenares is more commonly found in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Colmenáres. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Colmenares? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,281st most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 67,913 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Colmenares reside; 89 percent reside in South America and 87 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Colmenares is also the 2,900,335th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 15 people.
Colmenares is most frequently used in Venezuela, where it is borne by 83,425 people, or 1 in 362. In Venezuela Colmenares is most common in: Táchira, where 15 percent live, Lara, where 13 percent live and Carabobo, where 10 percent live. Besides Venezuela Colmenares is found in 57 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 9 percent live and Mexico, where 7 percent live.
Colmenares Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Colmenares surname are 39.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.68% registered with the party.
The amount Colmenares earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 5.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,380 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.94% more than the national average, earning $24,051,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.91% less than the national average, earning $40,597 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.97% more than the national average, earning $53,146 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colmenáres | 97 | 2 | / |
| Colmenare | 95 | 80 | / |
| Colmmenares | 95 | 2 | / |
| Colmeneares | 95 | 2 | / |
| Colmenarres | 95 | 1 | / |
| Coolmenares | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ciolmenares | 95 | 1 | / |
| Colmenarez | 90 | 55,814 | / |
| Colmanares | 90 | 46 | / |
| Colminares | 90 | 21 | / |
| Colmeneres | 90 | 12 | / |
| Culmenares | 90 | 3 | / |
| Calmenares | 90 | 3 | / |
| Kolmenares | 90 | 1 | / |
| Colmenores | 90 | 1 | / |
| Colmenarrez | 86 | 1 | / |
| Colmanarez | 80 | 29 | / |
| Colmenárez | 80 | 23 | / |
| Colmenerez | 80 | 10 | / |
| Colminarez | 80 | 5 | / |
| Colmaneres | 80 | 3 | / |
| Colmenàrez | 80 | 2 | / |
| Culminares | 80 | 1 | / |
| Calmenarez | 80 | 1 | / |
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