Cananga Surname
Approximately 2,853 people bear this surname
Cananga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| Philippines | 288 | 1:351,522 | 47,258 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Cañanga (149) & Canañga (9) are calculated separately.
Cananga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cananga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cananga is found in Angola more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Cañanga or Canañga. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cananga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cananga is the 153,970th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,554,345 people. The surname Cananga occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Cananga reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Angola, where it is held by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,530. Beside Angola it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 10 percent reside and The Bahamas, where 0 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 Cananga
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