Costeña Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Costeña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Costeña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Costena (4) are calculated separately.

Costeña (4) may also be a first name.

Costeña Last Name Facts

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

The last name Costeña is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Costena. Click here for further potential spellings of Costeña.

How Common Is The Last Name Costeña? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Costeña are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Costeña is also the 6,192,526th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 4 people.

This surname is most widespread in Colombia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 47,774,072. In Colombia Costeña is most prevalent in: Capital District, where 100 percent are found. Beside Colombia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 25 percent are found and Nicaragua, where 25 percent are found.

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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 Costeña
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