Canacan Surname
Approximately 904 people bear this surname
Canacan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 899 | 1:112,612 | 19,466 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Canacan (67) may also be a first name.
Canacan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canacan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canacan is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canacan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 391,429th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,061,445 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Canacan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Canacan is also the 1,191,548th most common forename at a global level, borne by 67 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 899 people, or 1 in 112,612. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Soccsksargen, where 34 percent live, Davao Region, where 21 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 15 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent live and Cambodia, 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
- 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 Canacan
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