Iniestra Surname

179,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Iniestra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iniestra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico2,2611:54,8992,715
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Iniestra (13) may also be a first name.

Iniestra Last Name Facts

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

Iniestra is most common in Mexico. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iniestra? popularity and diffusion

Iniestra is the 179,724th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,071,027 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Iniestra live; 99 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 13 people.

The last name Iniestra is most frequent in Mexico, where it is borne by 2,261 people, or 1 in 54,899. In Mexico Iniestra is mostly concentrated in: México, where 43 percent are found, Mexico City, where 24 percent are found and Michoacán, where 9 percent are found. Other than Mexico this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Iniestra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Iniestra are 40.89% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.12% registered to vote for the party.

Iniestra earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning $42,644 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hiniestra945/
Iniestras942/
Inniestra941/
Inistra933/
Ginestra88913/
Yniestra8870/
Inieztra882/
Inhestra881/
Jinestra881/
Yinestra880/
Iniestres821/
Inestre801/
Ynistra800/
Ginestri75251/
Genestra75169/
Ginestre75135/
Ginestro7518/
Hinestro752/
Genistra751/
Enestrat750/
Hinestroz711/
Inustro671/
Genestre6369/
Genestro638/
Enestros631/
Henestreet560/

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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 Iniestra
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