Canastra Surname

353,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Portugal

Canastra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canastra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4961:204,10932,117
Portugal2931:35,5572,167
United States1921:1,887,807122,674
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
France161:4,151,420237,746
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

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

Canastra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Canastra is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Cañastra. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canastra? popularity and diffusion

Canastra is the 353,485th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,075,287 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Canastra live; 48 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Canastra is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 204,109. In The Philippines Canastra is most common in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 34 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 19 percent reside and Davao Region, where 19 percent reside. Besides The Philippines Canastra exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.

Canastra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Canastra surname are 27.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80.56% registered to vote for the party.

Canastra earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.21% more than the national average, earning $44,964 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 Canastra
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