Canapaya Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Philippines

Canapaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canapaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Canapaya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Canapaya has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canapaya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Canapaya is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Canapaya is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Canapaya live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 100 percent live. Barring India it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 20 percent live.

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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 Canapaya
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