Cuèllar Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Cuèllar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cuèllar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Cuéllar (581) are calculated separately.

Cuèllar Last Name Facts

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

Cuèllar is found most frequently in Mexico. It may occur in the variant forms: Cuéllar. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cuèllar.

How Common Is The Last Name Cuèllar? popularity and diffusion

Cuèllar is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Cuèllar occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Cuèllar live; 46 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Hispano-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 11,284,200. In Mexico Cuèllar is most common in: Mexico City, where 36 percent reside, Coahuila, where 18 percent reside and Nuevo León, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Mexico this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 23 percent reside and El Salvador, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cuéllar95581/
Cueellar801/
Cueéllar801/
Cuuellar801/
Couillard757,296/
Couillart7544/
Couilliard7135/
Cueylar712/
Cauilar711/
Coouillard711/
Couilard673/
Souillar671/
Couilart671/
Couiliar671/
Couylard670/
Jeuillard634/
Jouillard632/
Couiliard630/
Cheuilharr591/
Suhilar5735/
Keuilar571/
Souhilar5327/
Couilord533/

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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 Cuèllar
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