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

The surname Canavez is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canavez? popularity and diffusion

Canavez is the 777,192nd most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,965,879 people. The last name Canavez is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Canavez reside; 92 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 335 people, or 1 in 639,028. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 62 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live and Paraná, where 10 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 8 percent live and Denmark, where 0 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 Canavez
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