Cueto Surname
Approximately 64,028 people bear this surname
Cueto Surname Definition:
A Basque word that means "zarzal" or place of the brambles. It is a variant of the word "hueto."
A Castilian name in Santander. One branch in Asturias and another in Andalusia, in Almería and Ugíjar (Granada).
Cueto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 14,254 | 1:7,102 | 637 |
| Mexico | 11,065 | 1:11,218 | 1,084 |
| Colombia | 7,732 | 1:6,179 | 836 |
| Peru | 5,444 | 1:5,838 | 920 |
| Spain | 5,395 | 1:8,666 | 1,032 |
| United States | 3,731 | 1:97,148 | 10,835 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,912 | 1:3,583 | 417 |
| Bolivia | 2,905 | 1:3,655 | 565 |
| Argentina | 2,227 | 1:19,193 | 1,630 |
| Chile | 2,188 | 1:8,051 | 792 |
| Cuba | 1,977 | 1:5,828 | 643 |
| Venezuela | 1,467 | 1:20,589 | 1,478 |
| Panama | 819 | 1:4,777 | 555 |
| Brazil | 293 | 1:730,629 | 26,722 |
| Ecuador | 208 | 1:76,470 | 5,581 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Paraguay | 182 | 1:39,762 | 1,244 |
| France | 151 | 1:439,886 | 63,493 |
| Canada | 127 | 1:290,123 | 26,993 |
| Uruguay | 91 | 1:37,712 | 4,345 |
| Singapore | 77 | 1:71,529 | 2,869 |
| Guatemala | 60 | 1:268,044 | 4,260 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Wales | 59 | 1:52,450 | 4,823 |
| Costa Rica | 44 | 1:108,638 | 1,781 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Puerto Rico | 24 | 1:147,922 | 1,914 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 1:316,899 | 3,057 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Čueto (1) are calculated separately.
Cueto (105) may also be a first name.
Cueto Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Basque word that means "zarzal" or place of the brambles. It is a variant of the word "hueto."
A Castilian name in Santander. One branch in Asturias and another in Andalusia, in Almería and Ugíjar (Granada).
Cueto Demographics
Average Male Cueto Height
173.26 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cueto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cueto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cueto is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Čueto. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cueto? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,844th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 113,818 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Cueto live; 35 percent live in South America and 22 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 920,134th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 105 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 14,254 people, or 1 in 7,102. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 68 percent are found, Mimaropa, where 12 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in 69 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 17 percent are found and Colombia, where 12 percent are found.
Cueto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cueto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cueto last name increased 93,275 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cueto Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Cueto are 36.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Cueto earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 29.26% less than the national average, earning 244,829 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.14% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,963 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.86% less than the national average, earning $16,831,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.68% less than the national average, earning $41,559 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.05% less than the national average, earning $48,166 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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