Cuellar Surname

2,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232,298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Cuellar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cuellar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico54,3241:2,285331
Bolivia48,3291:22031
Colombia41,5941:1,149245
United States22,7141:15,9582,030
Argentina14,3691:2,975377
Cuba9,4121:1,224201
El Salvador9,0221:703144
Peru7,2771:4,368715
Spain6,9711:6,707829
Paraguay3,3921:2,133307
Guatemala3,1161:5,161701
Honduras3,0771:2,865376
Venezuela2,6331:11,4711,031
Chile2,0481:8,602816
Brazil9931:215,5838,310
Ecuador7241:21,9693,007
Philippines7201:140,60923,701
France2831:234,70936,380
Belize2791:1,274293
Panama2631:14,8761,126
Canada2121:173,80017,393
Dominican Republic1391:75,0573,477
Nicaragua1031:58,4571,511
Costa Rica421:113,8111,827
England311:1,797,35772,927
Australia281:964,13257,058
Switzerland211:391,09129,271
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Northern Mariana Islands141:3,899389
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Norway71:734,61250,907
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
China41:341,830,39216,990
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Comoros11:749,524685
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Guyana11:762,22114,420
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1551:323,99225,248

Cuellar (105) may also be a first name.

Cuellar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cuellar is held by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cuellar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,364th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,372 people. The last name Cuellar is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Cuellar are found; 52 percent are found in South America and 24 percent are found in Andean South America. Cuellar is also the 920,134th most widely held first name on earth, held by 105 people.

The surname Cuellar is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is carried by 54,324 people, or 1 in 2,285. In Mexico it is most common in: México, where 13 percent live, Guanajuato, where 12 percent live and Nuevo León, where 10 percent live. Not including Mexico Cuellar is found in 73 countries. It also occurs in Bolivia, where 21 percent live and Colombia, where 18 percent live.

Cuellar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cuellar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cuellar surname rose 14,654 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cuellar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Cuellar are 41.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.3% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cuellar earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 3.22% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,760 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.6% less than the national average, earning $22,565,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.55% less than the national average, earning $36,870 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.1% less than the national average, earning $45,163 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Cuellar
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis