Where Does The Last Name Canacas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Canacas is carried by more people in El Salvador than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Canacas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Canacas is the 3,485,539^th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Canacas are found; 72 percent are found in Central America and 72 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

This surname is most widely held in El Salvador, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 487,991. In El Salvador it is primarily concentrated in: Sonsonate Department, where 62 percent are found and La Libertad Department, where 38 percent are found. Not including El Salvador this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Honduras, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.