Paternain Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Paternain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 265 | 1:176,423 | 12,522 |
| Argentina | 43 | 1:994,033 | 62,207 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Paternaín (1) are calculated separately.
Paternain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paternain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paternain occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Paternaín. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paternain? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 841,044th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Paternain is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Paternain are found; 81 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 81 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 176,423. In Spain it is most common in: Navarre, where 71 percent reside, Basque Country, where 16 percent reside and Catalonia, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Spain it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and Uruguay, where 2 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 Paternain
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