Recabarren Surname

92,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Recabarren Surname User-submission:

Recabarren is a Basque name and surname, meaning 'stream below' or 'lower part of the stream'. Its etymology comes from erreka (stream) with suffixation of the locative barru, barren, barne (below, inside, through) to identify something located below or in the lower part.

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Recabarren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile3,1541:5,585666
Argentina1,7531:24,3832,037
Peru1121:283,78710,980
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Ecuador221:722,99312,618
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England101:5,571,806158,774
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

The alternate forms: Recabarrèn (1) are calculated separately.

Recabarren Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Recabarren is a Basque name and surname, meaning 'stream below' or 'lower part of the stream'. Its etymology comes from erreka (stream) with suffixation of the locative barru, barren, barne (below, inside, through) to identify something located below or in the lower part.

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Recabarren Last Name Facts

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

Recabarren has its highest incidence in Chile. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Recabarrèn. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Recabarren? popularity and diffusion

It is the 92,303rd most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,407,406 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Recabarren live; 98 percent live in South America and 95 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

Recabarren is most common in Chile, where it is borne by 3,154 people, or 1 in 5,585. In Chile Recabarren is primarily found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 45 percent are found, Bío Bío Region, where 14 percent are found and Valparaíso Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Chile this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 34 percent are found and Peru, where 2 percent are found.

Recabarren Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Recabarren earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 86.8% more than the national average, earning S/. 36,212 per year and in United States they earn 1.64% more than the national average, earning $43,855 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Recabarrèn971/
Recabaren9517/
Reccabarren951/
Recavarren90395/
Ricabarren9059/
Recaberren901/
Recabarrenová871/
Ricabaren845/
Ricavarren807/
Recovarren801/
Recovarin630/
Rickeborn538/

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