Canais Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Canais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 387 | 1:26,921 | 1,745 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Canais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canais occurs more in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Canais? popularity and diffusion
The last name Canais is the 687,524th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. The last name Canais occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Canais live; 90 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent live in Iberian Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Portugal, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 26,921. Other than Portugal this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 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 Canais
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