Vañez Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Vañez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Vanez (178) are calculated separately.
Vañez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vañez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vañez is more frequently found in Peru than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Vanez. Click here for further possible spellings of Vañez.
How Common Is The Last Name Vañez? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vañez is the 2,876,555th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Vañez are found; 80 percent are found in South America and 48 percent are found in Andean South America.
This surname is most prevalent in Peru, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 1,444,733. In Peru Vañez is primarily found in: Lima Region, where 91 percent live, Ayacucho Region, where 5 percent live and Cusco Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Peru it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 20 percent live and The Philippines, where 17 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
- 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 Vañez
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