Canaye Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Canaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 50 | 1:25,868 | 5,280 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Canaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canaye occurs in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Canaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Canaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canaye is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Canaye reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
Canaye is most frequently used in Mauritius, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 25,868. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Savanne District, where 100 percent reside. Not including Mauritius this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 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
- 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 Canaye
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