Quecaña Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bolivia
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Quecaña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quecaña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bolivia2471:42,9822,507
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

The alternate forms: Quecana (126) are calculated separately.

Quecaña Last Name Facts

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

The surname Quecaña is found most frequently in Bolivia. It may also be found in the variant forms: Quecana. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quecaña? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,003,904th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Quecaña are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Andean South America.

This last name is most widespread in Bolivia, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 42,982. In Bolivia it is most numerous in: La Paz Department, where 51 percent are found, Santa Cruz Department, where 49 percent are found and Pando Department, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Bolivia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 2 percent are found and China, where 0 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
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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 Quecaña
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