Guancha Surname

157,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,780 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Guancha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guancha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia2,6321:18,1511,465
Ecuador1231:129,3166,755
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Guanchá (1) are calculated separately.

Guancha (800) may also be a first name.

Guancha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guancha is found most frequently in Colombia. It may also occur in the variant forms: Guanchá. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guancha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 157,333rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,621,419 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Guancha are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 95 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 289,333rd most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 800 people.

This last name is most widely held in Colombia, where it is borne by 2,632 people, or 1 in 18,151. In Colombia Guancha is most frequent in: Nariño Department, where 81 percent live, Putumayo Department, where 6 percent live and Valle del Cauca Department, where 6 percent live. Excluding Colombia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 4 percent live and Venezuela, where 0 percent live.

Guancha Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Guancha earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 23.95% less than the national average, earning $17,266,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 40.25% less than the national average, earning $25,781 USD per year.

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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 Guancha
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