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
Kaštan is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kaştan or Kastan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaštan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,140,742nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kaštan are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Kaštan is most common in Slovakia, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 41,368. In Slovakia Kaštan is most prevalent in: Žilina Region, where 55 percent reside, Banská Bystrica Region, where 44 percent reside and Nitra Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Slovakia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 35 percent reside and Estonia, where 4 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
- 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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