Dueñas Surname
Approximately 81,514 people bear this surname
Dueñas Surname Definition:
Comes from the latin word "dominus" that in vulgar latin was "domnus" and in "dom" we find the abbreviation of the title of certain nuns. The most current meaning is "propietaria" or owner or a place where many owners live.
Castilian name from don José de Dueñas y Estrada, a native of Medina del Campo.
Read More About This SurnameDueñas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 28,198 | 1:4,402 | 578 |
| Philippines | 14,406 | 1:7,028 | 625 |
| Peru | 13,447 | 1:2,364 | 399 |
| Colombia | 10,719 | 1:4,457 | 695 |
| Spain | 8,035 | 1:5,819 | 723 |
| El Salvador | 3,211 | 1:1,976 | 338 |
| Guatemala | 901 | 1:17,850 | 1,501 |
| Chile | 706 | 1:24,953 | 1,461 |
| Argentina | 583 | 1:73,316 | 6,236 |
| Venezuela | 581 | 1:51,986 | 2,547 |
| Bolivia | 334 | 1:31,786 | 2,106 |
| Panama | 122 | 1:32,068 | 1,838 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| Costa Rica | 31 | 1:154,196 | 2,192 |
| Cuba | 17 | 1:677,807 | 5,957 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Duenas (23,489) & Düëñäs (1) are calculated separately.
Dueñas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Comes from the latin word "dominus" that in vulgar latin was "domnus" and in "dom" we find the abbreviation of the title of certain nuns. The most current meaning is "propietaria" or owner or a place where many owners live.
Castilian name from don José de Dueñas y Estrada, a native of Medina del Campo.
User-submitted Reference
This surname originates from the town of Dueñas, in Castile and Leon, North-central Spain. It is common among Jews and conversos (forcible Jewish converts to Catholicism).
- castleThe Dueñas surname originates from the town of Dueñas, in Castile and Leon, North-central Spain.
- castleA plural feminine form of the word, dueño, meaning 'owner'.
- samduenasDueñas Demographics
Average Dueñas Salary in
Colombia
$25,144,700 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Dueñas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dueñas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dueñas occurs more in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Duenas or Düëñäs. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dueñas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dueñas is the 6,947th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 89,402 people. Dueñas occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Dueñas live; 35 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Hispano-North America.
The last name is most frequent in Mexico, where it is carried by 28,198 people, or 1 in 4,402. In Mexico Dueñas is most frequent in: Jalisco, where 26 percent live, Zacatecas, where 7 percent live and Michoacán, where 7 percent live. Outside of Mexico Dueñas is found in 40 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 18 percent live and Peru, where 16 percent live.
Dueñas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dueñas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dueñas surname increased 540 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dueñas Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Dueñas earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 5.07% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,403 per year and in Colombia they earn 10.76% more than the national average, earning $25,144,700 COP per year.
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