Kaštan Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Kaštan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 129 | 1:41,368 | 7,746 |
| Czechia | 73 | 1:145,664 | 22,715 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
The alternate forms: Kaştan (756) & Kastan (590) are calculated separately.
Kaštan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaštan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaštan is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kaştan or Kastan. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kaštan.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaštan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaštan is the 1,140,742nd most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. The last name Kaštan is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kaštan live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Kaštan is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 41,368. In Slovakia Kaštan is most prevalent in: Žilina Region, where 55 percent are found, Banská Bystrica Region, where 44 percent are found and Nitra Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Slovakia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 35 percent are found and Estonia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Kaštan
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