Canaán Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Canaán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
The alternate forms: Canaan (4,496) are calculated separately.
Canaán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canaán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canaán is found most frequently in The Dominican Republic. It can appear as: Canaan. For other potential spellings of Canaán click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canaán? popularity and diffusion
The last name Canaán is the 2,776,799th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Canaán reside; 80 percent reside in Caribbean and 80 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.
The last name is most numerous in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 267,511. Barring The Dominican Republic it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 10 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Canaán
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