Canavis Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Peru

Canavis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canavis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Canavis (5) may also be a first name.

Canavis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canavis is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Canavis.

How Common Is The Last Name Canavis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Canavis are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Canavis is also the 5,493,085th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 5 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Illinois, where 100 percent are found. Barring The United States Canavis is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 25 percent are found and Peru, where 25 percent are found.

Canavis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Canavis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Canavis last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Canavis
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