Fernaández Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Fernaández Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Fernaandez (13) & Fernáandez (1) are calculated separately.
Fernaández Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fernaández Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fernaández is found most in Chile. It may also occur as: Fernaandez or Fernáandez. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fernaández? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fernaández is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Fernaández reside; 67 percent reside in South America and 44 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Chile, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 8,808,237. Excluding Chile this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 11 percent reside and Colombia, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Fernaández
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