Alcañiz Surname
Approximately 3,189 people bear this surname
Alcañiz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3,085 | 1:15,155 | 1,727 |
| Argentina | 93 | 1:459,607 | 34,406 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Alcaniz (188) are calculated separately.
Alcañiz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alcañiz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alcañiz has its highest incidence in Spain. It can also be rendered as: Alcaniz. For other possible spellings of Alcañiz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alcañiz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 140,045th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,285,214 people. The surname Alcañiz is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Alcañiz live; 97 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent live in Iberian Europe.
Alcañiz is most common in Spain, where it is borne by 3,085 people, or 1 in 15,155. In Spain Alcañiz is most frequent in: Valencian Community, where 42 percent reside, Madrid, where 16 percent reside and Castilla-La Mancha, where 16 percent reside. Besides Spain this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 0 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
- 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 Alcañiz
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