San Fernando Surname

1,159,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 206 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

San Fernando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San Fernando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1511:670,45269,467
Spain281:1,669,71648,608
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

San Fernando (26) may also be a first name.

San Fernando Last Name Facts

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

The last name San Fernando is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name San Fernando? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,159,732nd most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of San Fernando are found; 72 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 26 people.

It is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 670,452. In The Philippines San Fernando is most frequent in: Bicol, where 62 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 22 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 14 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sanfernando9613/
Sanfernandi872/
Zn-Fernando781/

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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 San Fernando
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