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 surname Canavis occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Canavis.

How Common Is The Last Name Canavis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Canavis live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Canavis is also the 5,493,085th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 5 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 100 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 25 percent reside and Peru, where 25 percent reside.

Canavis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Canavis has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 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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