Velásques Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Velásques Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Velasques (7,394) are calculated separately.
Velásques Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velásques Come From? nationality or country of origin
Velásques is found most in Colombia. It can be found as a variant: Velasques. Click here to see other possible spellings of Velásques.
How Common Is The Last Name Velásques? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Velásques occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Velásques live; 50 percent live in Central America and 50 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The last name is most commonly used in Colombia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 47,774,072. Outside of Colombia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Costa Rica, where 25 percent reside and El Salvador, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Velásques
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