Canama Surname
Approximately 2,013 people bear this surname
Canama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,944 | 1:52,077 | 8,581 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Cañama (10) are calculated separately.
Canama (26) may also be a first name.
Canama Demographics
Average Canama Salary in
United States
$14,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Canama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canama occurs most in The Philippines. It may be found as: Cañama. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Canama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Canama is the 205,995th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 3,620,241 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Canama are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Canama is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used given name internationally It is held by 26 people.
It is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,944 people, or 1 in 52,077. In The Philippines Canama is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 32 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 21 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines Canama exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Canama Last Name Statistics demography
Canama earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.54% less than the national average, earning $14,438 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
- 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 Canama
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