Recaño Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Recaño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Recaño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina361:1,187,31770,591
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Recano (389) are calculated separately.

Recaño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Recaño is borne by more people in Argentina than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Recano. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Recaño? popularity and diffusion

Recaño is the 1,943,350th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. Recaño occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Recaño reside; 40 percent reside in South America and 39 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

This last name is most frequently held in Argentina, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,187,317. In Argentina it is primarily concentrated in: Buenos Aires Province, where 69 percent reside, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 28 percent reside and Chaco Province, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Argentina this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 32 percent reside and Spain, where 26 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Recano94389/
Recaños921/
Ricaño83277/
Racaño832/
Rejaño832/
Recagno77660/
Recañas7727/
Recañia778/
Recanos773/
Rescano772/
Recasno771/
Recanio771/
Recanno771/
Ricanño771/
Reescano71100/
Recagnio711/
Recanjoj711/
Rejano675,335/
Resano672,208/
Ricaña671,305/
Rezano67571/
Recana67314/
Ricano67181/
Recona6782/
Recoña6729/
Recono678/
Racaña678/
Resaña671/

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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 Recaño
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