Cancalar Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Cancalar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cancalar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey191:4,095,86499,768
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Çançalar (2) are calculated separately.

Cancalar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cancalar is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also occur in the variant forms: Çançalar. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cancalar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Cancalar is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of Cancalar reside; 60 percent reside in West Asia and 60 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 4,095,864. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Ankara Province, where 53 percent reside, Edirne Province, where 21 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 5 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 Cancalar
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