Canao Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Canao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 487 | 1:207,881 | 32,582 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Cañao (2) are calculated separately.
Canao (15) may also be a first name.
Canao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canao occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Cañao. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canao? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 601,015th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. The surname Canao occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Canao live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 15 people.
The surname Canao is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 487 people, or 1 in 207,881. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 61 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 18 percent reside and Central Visayas, where 4 percent reside. Beside The Philippines this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 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 Canao
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