Zuñiiga Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Chile

Zuñiiga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zuñiiga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Zuniiga (6) & Zúñiiga (2) are calculated separately.

Zuñiiga Last Name Facts

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

Zuñiiga is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Zuniiga or Zúñiiga. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zuñiiga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Zuñiiga live; 60 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Hispano-North America.

The surname Zuñiiga is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 24,825,241. In Mexico Zuñiiga is most prevalent in: San Luis Potosí, where 40 percent live, Chiapas, where 20 percent live and Mexico City, where 20 percent live. Barring Mexico Zuñiiga is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 10 percent live and Colombia, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zuniiga956/
Zúñiiga952/
Zuñiga92415,263/
Zuñiega8695/
Zunñiga865/
Zuiñiga863/
Suñiiga861/
Zuñigha861/
Zuñigaa861/
Zauñiga861/
Suñiga771,740/
Zúñiga771,464/
Zuñega77476/
Zùñiga7764/
Zuñíga778/
Zuñigo775/
Juñiga771/
Xuñiga771/
Zuńiga771/
Zuniega713,597/
Zunhiga7126/
Suñiega7120/
Chuñiga711/
Suiñiga711/
Zúñuiga711/
Zúnñiga711/
Shuñiega673/
Zunniega671/
Zueniega671/

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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 Zuñiiga
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