Canaman Surname

303,202nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Canaman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canaman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,2181:83,11814,393
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Cañaman (95) are calculated separately.

Canaman (59) may also be a first name.

Canaman Last Name Facts

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

Canaman is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Cañaman. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Canaman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Canaman is the 303,202nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,825,376 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Canaman reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,282,666th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 59 people.

Canaman is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,218 people, or 1 in 83,118. In The Philippines Canaman is primarily found in: Eastern Visayas, where 38 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 20 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring The Philippines it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Canaman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Canaman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Canaman last name increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Canaman Last Name Statistics demography

Canaman earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.79% less than the national average, earning $19,078 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 Canaman
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