Empuño Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Empuño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Empuño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador2741:58,0515,013
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Empuno (45) are calculated separately.

Empuño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Empuño is more commonly found in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Empuno. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Empuño? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 945,594th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Empuño live; 100 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Andean South America.

The last name Empuño is most frequently used in Ecuador, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 58,051. In Ecuador it is most frequent in: Guayas Province, where 46 percent are found, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, where 22 percent are found and Los Ríos Province, where 16 percent are found. Not including Ecuador this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 1 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Empuno9445/
Empeño831,738/
Empiño8313/
Ampuño833/
Emepño831/
Empaño831/
Empouon7784/
Emepeño774/
Empeñio773/
Empiñio772/
Empeñeo771/
Empon73727/
Empun7345/
Empeñ7310/
Empino67354/
Empeno67162/
Ampuno6724/
Empuan6722/
Empuni6715/
Ampuon679/
Impuon677/
Empona677/
Empono674/
Empuen674/
Enpiño672/
Yempon672/
Empano672/
Eampun672/
Ampeño671/
Empuna671/
Empeon671/
Impeño671/
Empaña671/
Empiña671/
Empiun671/
Aempun671/
Empaun671/
Empion671/
Empuun671/
Emponi671/

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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 Empuño
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