Canagan Surname

781,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Canagan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3371:300,41042,618
United States211:17,259,949572,238
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Cañagan (2) are calculated separately.

Canagan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canagan occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Cañagan. For other possible spellings of Canagan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canagan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 781,947th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Canagan live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 300,410. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 30 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 18 percent reside and Cagayan Valley, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Canagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Canagan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Canagan last name expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Canagan Last Name Statistics demography

Canagan earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.79% less than the national average, earning $25,117 USD per year.

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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 Canagan
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