Macatan Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Macatan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macatan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Macatan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Macatan occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Macatan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Macatan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Macatan live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 33,746,074. In The Philippines Macatan is most common in: Bicol, where 33 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 33 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 33 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 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
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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 Macatan
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