Canavez Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Canavez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canavez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3351:639,02823,681
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Canavez Last Name Facts

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

Canavez is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Canavez? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 777,192nd most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Canavez reside; 92 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name Canavez is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 639,028. In Brazil Canavez is most common in: São Paulo, where 62 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent reside and Paraná, where 10 percent reside. Other than Brazil this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 8 percent reside and Denmark, 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
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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 Canavez
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