Quiteño Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Quiteño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quiteño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador941:169,2117,393
El Salvador141:453,1352,829
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169

The alternate forms: Quiteno (122) are calculated separately.

Quiteño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Quiteño is carried by more people in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Quiteno. Click here to see other potential spellings of Quiteño.

How Common Is The Last Name Quiteño? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Quiteño are found; 84 percent are found in South America and 84 percent are found in Andean South America.

The surname Quiteño is most widely held in Ecuador, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 169,211. In Ecuador it is mostly concentrated in: Azuay Province, where 77 percent live, El Oro Province, where 22 percent live and Guayas Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Ecuador it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in El Salvador, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quiteno95122/
Quitiño8623/
Quitaño861/
Quitengo809/
Quitenio801/
Cuteño7725/
Cuitiño712,439/
Quitino71226/
Quitona713/
Quitaña712/
Guitiño712/
Cuitaño711/
Quitonho6719/
Quaitano671/
Quitinio671/
Quitenga671/
Quitinho671/

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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 Quiteño
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