Guauña Surname

425,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 813 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Guauña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guauña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia8061:59,2732,803
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Guauna (9) are calculated separately.

Guauña Last Name Facts

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

The last name Guauña occurs most in Colombia. It can be found in the variant forms: Guauna. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guauña? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 425,369th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,963,771 people. The last name Guauña occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Guauña live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Caribbean South America.

This surname is most frequent in Colombia, where it is carried by 806 people, or 1 in 59,273. In Colombia Guauña is most frequent in: Cauca Department, where 55 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 20 percent reside and Huila Department, where 17 percent reside. Beside Colombia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Venezuela, where 0 percent reside.

Guauña Last Name Statistics demography

Guauña earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 18.37% less than the national average, earning $18,531,400 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guauna949/
Guauñas921/
Guaña91245/
Guaiña83355/
Guañas831/
Guaiñay771/
Guana732,112/
Guaño73293/
Guaina673,202/
Guanay67464/
Guañez67303/
Guanah67255/
Queuña6762/
Guanaz6731/
Gwauna6730/
Guanja6722/
Guania6716/
Guanha6714/
Guanai6713/
Guayna6711/
Guañes676/
Guanya674/
Guanou674/
Guaiño673/
Guanna673/
Guañiz672/
Guañio672/
Gwuana671/
Gueana671/
Hguana671/
Guanea671/
Guamha671/
Guanad671/
Guaani671/
Guaune671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Guauña
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