Canal Surname
Approximately 17,922 people bear this surname
Canal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 4,326 | 1:10,807 | 1,260 |
| Brazil | 3,173 | 1:67,467 | 2,511 |
| Italy | 1,607 | 1:38,056 | 6,843 |
| Argentina | 1,258 | 1:33,977 | 2,836 |
| Peru | 1,174 | 1:27,073 | 2,877 |
| Turkey | 935 | 1:83,231 | 7,533 |
| United States | 885 | 1:409,558 | 35,670 |
| Mexico | 779 | 1:159,340 | 4,780 |
| Philippines | 710 | 1:142,589 | 24,018 |
| India | 625 | 1:1,227,305 | 48,983 |
| France | 522 | 1:127,247 | 19,388 |
| Colombia | 373 | 1:128,081 | 4,072 |
| Switzerland | 226 | 1:36,340 | 5,264 |
| Cuba | 174 | 1:66,223 | 2,448 |
| Venezuela | 146 | 1:206,877 | 5,543 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Canada | 104 | 1:354,285 | 32,012 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Austria | 71 | 1:119,936 | 16,774 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Luxembourg | 47 | 1:12,352 | 2,231 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Haiti | 43 | 1:248,463 | 8,796 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Andorra | 37 | 1:2,266 | 430 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
The alternate forms: Cañal (2,021) are calculated separately.
Canal (533) may also be a first name.
Canal Demographics
Average Canal Salary in
United States
$58,990 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Canal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canal (Arabic: قنال) is more commonly found in Spain than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Cañal. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Canal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Canal is the 29,843rd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 406,626 people. The last name Canal occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Canal live; 34 percent live in South America and 25 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 365,345th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 533 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Spain, where it is carried by 4,326 people, or 1 in 10,807. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Catalonia, where 42 percent reside, Asturias, where 16 percent reside and Madrid, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Spain this surname is found in 79 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 18 percent reside and Italy, where 9 percent reside.
Canal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Canal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Canal surname rose 2,950 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Canal Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Canal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 18.69% less than the national average, earning €24,416 per year; in Peru they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,371 per year; in South Africa they earn 17.16% more than the national average, earning R 278,412 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.53% more than the national average, earning $23,277,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 36.71% more than the national average, earning $58,990 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.94% more than the national average, earning $50,649 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Canal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Canal in the Arabic language | ||
| قنال | qnal | - |
| كنل | knl | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Canal
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