Canales Surname
Approximately 219,174 people bear this surname
Canales Surname Definition:
One who came from Canales (watercourse), the name of several places in Spain; dweller near the canal, an artificial channel filled with water.
Common surname found in Santander, Catalonia, Leon, Navarre, and Aragon. Name of villages near Oviedo, Leon, Granada, Segorbe, Sigüenza, Calahorra, and Valencia.
Read More About This SurnameCanales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 44,253 | 1:80 | 22 |
| Mexico | 31,412 | 1:3,952 | 535 |
| Honduras | 29,429 | 1:300 | 63 |
| Chile | 22,938 | 1:768 | 173 |
| United States | 22,834 | 1:15,874 | 2,021 |
| Peru | 16,222 | 1:1,959 | 329 |
| Nicaragua | 10,324 | 1:583 | 125 |
| El Salvador | 9,971 | 1:636 | 126 |
| Philippines | 9,597 | 1:10,549 | 1,014 |
| Spain | 8,726 | 1:5,358 | 667 |
| Costa Rica | 3,282 | 1:1,456 | 238 |
| Argentina | 3,178 | 1:13,450 | 1,212 |
| Ecuador | 2,579 | 1:6,167 | 1,017 |
| Venezuela | 1,284 | 1:23,523 | 1,609 |
| Guatemala | 583 | 1:27,586 | 1,814 |
| Brazil | 333 | 1:642,866 | 23,807 |
| Colombia | 277 | 1:172,470 | 4,630 |
| Cuba | 253 | 1:45,544 | 1,930 |
| Canada | 236 | 1:156,125 | 15,843 |
| Dominican Republic | 231 | 1:45,164 | 2,375 |
| Panama | 208 | 1:18,809 | 1,292 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Uruguay | 157 | 1:21,858 | 2,525 |
| Bolivia | 131 | 1:81,041 | 3,461 |
| France | 83 | 1:800,274 | 96,515 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Paraguay | 47 | 1:153,973 | 3,151 |
| Switzerland | 39 | 1:210,588 | 18,223 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Belize | 17 | 1:20,910 | 1,796 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Andorra | 5 | 1:16,768 | 1,446 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 119 | 1:422,006 | 30,979 |
The alternate forms: Canalès (3) & Canalés (1) are calculated separately.
Canales (155) may also be a first name.
Canales Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Canales (watercourse), the name of several places in Spain; dweller near the canal, an artificial channel filled with water.
Common surname found in Santander, Catalonia, Leon, Navarre, and Aragon. Name of villages near Oviedo, Leon, Granada, Segorbe, Sigüenza, Calahorra, and Valencia. Ancient and originating in Villputes, Le Blanc in form la Canal. Name derived from latin "canalis" - watercourse, artificial gutter, water channel.
Castilian name from Canales, a subdivision of Murias de Paredes (Leon).
User-submitted Reference
Canales is a surname of Salvadorian origin, meaning 'cable'.
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Average Canales Salary in
United States
$37,199 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Canales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canales Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canales is borne by more people in Puerto Rico than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Canalès or Canalés. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canales? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,526th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 33,250 people. Canales occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Canales live; 25 percent live in North America and 25 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Canales is also the 738,219th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 155 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Puerto Rico, where it is held by 44,253 people, or 1 in 80. In Puerto Rico it is mostly concentrated in: Ponce, where 15 percent live, Mayagüez, where 11 percent live and Cabo Rojo, where 9 percent live. Aside from Puerto Rico this last name is found in 75 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 14 percent live and Honduras, where 13 percent live.
Canales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canales has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Canales last name expanded 19,188 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Canales Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Canales last name are 42.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.06% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Canales earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 37.93% less than the national average, earning 214,797 kr per year; in Peru they earn 10.15% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,352 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.66% less than the national average, earning $21,644,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.79% less than the national average, earning $37,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.14% less than the national average, earning $43,653 CAD per year.
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Canales Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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