Requesens Surname

853,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Requesens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Requesens Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1381:338,78319,630
Venezuela591:511,9349,699
Chile311:568,27313,994
Mexico301:4,137,54026,679
Argentina251:1,709,73790,467
France111:6,038,429280,838
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
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The alternate forms: Requeséns (1) are calculated separately.

Requesens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Requesens is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Requeséns. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Requesens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 853,416th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Requesens are found; 43 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 43 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 338,783. In Spain it is most frequent in: Catalonia, where 75 percent live, Madrid, where 12 percent live and Valencian Community, where 11 percent live. Aside from Spain this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 18 percent live and Chile, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Requeséns961/
Requessens952/
Requejens891/
Recasens712,398/
Recassens6714/
Recazens5933/
Recacens596/
Recaséns591/
Recoins501/
Riceins500/

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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 Requesens
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