Piedrahita Surname

16,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,854 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Piedrahita Surname User-submission:

From the place name Piedrahita, which comes from the Spanish words piedra meaning 'stone' and hita meaning 'marker'. Full name means 'stone marker'.

Piedrahita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia29,1691:1,638322
Ecuador1,6211:9,8121,594
United States9901:366,12032,549
Spain8811:53,0674,914
Venezuela5241:57,6412,710
Uruguay1871:18,3522,081
Canada821:449,33638,948
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Brazil611:3,509,41598,831
Panama401:97,8063,773
Peru351:908,11818,273
England341:1,638,76668,634
Mexico261:4,774,08528,474
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Costa Rica151:318,6713,310
France141:4,744,480251,814
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Cuba61:1,920,4538,345
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Piedrahíta (21) are calculated separately.

Piedrahita Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the place name Piedrahita, which comes from the Spanish words piedra meaning 'stone' and hita meaning 'marker'. Full name means 'stone marker'.

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Piedrahita Last Name Facts

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

Piedrahita is found in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Piedrahíta. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piedrahita? popularity and diffusion

It is the 16,404th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 215,264 people. Piedrahita occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Piedrahita reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 88 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is held by 29,169 people, or 1 in 1,638. In Colombia it is most common in: Antioquia Department, where 50 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 20 percent reside and Risaralda Department, where 6 percent reside. Beside Colombia this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Piedrahita Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Piedrahita has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Piedrahita surname grew 49,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Piedrahita Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Piedrahita last name are 43.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.09% being registered with the political party.

The amount Piedrahita earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 20.72% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,368 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.87% more than the national average, earning $25,397,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.38% more than the national average, earning $43,745 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.73% less than the national average, earning $47,335 CAD per year.

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