Valdecañas Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Valdecañas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Valdecañas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2081:486,72257,858
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Valdecanas (110) are calculated separately.

Valdecañas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Valdecañas has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can also occur as a variant: Valdecanas. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Valdecañas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Valdecañas is the 1,148,257th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Valdecañas are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 486,722. In The Philippines Valdecañas is most prevalent in: Central Luzon, where 50 percent live, National Capital Region, where 29 percent live and Calabarzon, where 20 percent live. Beside The Philippines it occurs in one country. It is also found in Spain, where 0 percent live.

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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 Valdecañas
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