Cuestas Surname

41,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,698 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Cuestas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cuestas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia2,7601:17,3091,425
Philippines2,6161:38,7006,008
Argentina1,5051:28,4012,372
Peru1,0011:31,7523,195
Mexico9191:135,0674,376
Honduras7651:11,525677
Ecuador7351:21,6412,975
United States6651:545,05145,128
Bolivia5651:18,7901,594
Spain3721:125,6789,687
El Salvador2411:26,3231,035
Guatemala1541:104,4332,982
Uruguay1411:24,3392,846
Panama621:63,1012,822
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
France461:1,443,972140,296
Venezuela301:1,006,80315,224
Nicaragua171:354,1823,204
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England21:27,859,030389,889
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Cuestas Last Name Facts

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

Cuestas is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Cuestas.

How Common Is The Last Name Cuestas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cuestas is the 41,185th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 573,913 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Cuestas are found; 54 percent are found in South America and 22 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

The last name is most numerous in Colombia, where it is borne by 2,760 people, or 1 in 17,309. In Colombia it is primarily concentrated in: Capital District, where 34 percent live, Nariño Department, where 19 percent live and Cundinamarca Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Colombia this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 21 percent live and Argentina, where 12 percent live.

Cuestas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cuestas surname are 44.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 97.67% registered with the party.

The amount Cuestas earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 16.43% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,200 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.24% more than the national average, earning $27,525,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 14.8% less than the national average, earning $36,762 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Couestas933/
Cuestast931/
Cuestaus931/
Cuesta9286,699/
Cuetas9227/
Coustas8653/
Questas8648/
Cuestaz8630/
Cuistas8611/
Cueztas862/
Guestas862/
Cuestaa861/
Ncuesta861/
Cuestac861/
Cuestos861/
Caustas861/
Cueta8347/
Quiestas80150/
Coustais801/
Coustaus800/
Questa77652/
Cuesto77506/
Guetas7727/
Guesta7727/
Kuesta777/
Cuista775/
Coueta774/
Cuezta772/
Quetas771/
Cuetta771/
Coustasse7520/
Koustas71896/
Guettas71511/
Questad71223/
Questat7152/
Quistas7111/
Cueztaz715/
Queshta714/
Questaj712/
Cuitash712/
Guestah711/
Coistas711/
Cueto6764,028/
Queta6715,255/
Gueta674,017/
Kueta67546/
Gkoustas6727/
Cuita6724/
Koustais6722/
Kuesteis678/
Cweta672/
Koutstas671/

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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 Cuestas
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