Canaw Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Canaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan171:1,379,1039,281
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Canaw (55) may also be a first name.

Canaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canaw is most common in Taiwan. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Canaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Canaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Canaw reside; 94 percent reside in East Asia and 94 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Canaw is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 55 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Taiwan, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,379,103. In Taiwan it is most frequent in: New Taipei City, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Taiwan this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chanaw919/
Casnaw917/
Canawe911/
Caneaw910/
Cainawe831/
Cayneaw830/
Kanaw80364/
Canab80211/
Canaf8032/
Canow8021/
Canav808/
Conaw801/
Qanaw801/
Canova7314,861/
Kanawe73693/
Caynab73647/
Cannav73168/
Canaff73150/
Canafe7370/
Chanab7359/
Chanaf7329/
Cangav7323/
Chanow7316/
Kannaw739/
Canowa736/
Chonaw735/
Canabh734/
Qannaw733/
Chanav733/
Chanów732/
Cannow732/
Casnav731/
Khanaw731/
Cagnaf731/
Connaw731/
Caanow731/
Kagnaw731/
Coenaw730/
Cahnow730/
Kanauw730/
Casnow730/
Cannova671,201/
Chanova67974/
Channab67170/
Khanawe67106/
Caunova6788/
Channav6718/
Chajnow678/
Channaf675/
Changav674/
Chajnów674/
Changaf674/
Kamneaw674/
Chanafe674/
Chanaph674/
Kanngaw672/
Kaanawe671/
Cianova671/
Chhanab671/
Cannauf671/
Canasfe671/
Tchanab671/
Czanova671/
Kanaiwe671/
Kanahaw670/
Cannows670/
Channow670/
Cannaff670/

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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 Canaw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis