Cancea Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Cancea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 304 | 1:66,046 | 7,937 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Cancea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cancea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cancea has its highest incidence in Romania. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cancea? popularity and diffusion
Cancea is the 828,895th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. The surname Cancea is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cancea live; 91 percent live in Eastern Europe and 91 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 66,046. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Teleorman County, where 36 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 22 percent reside and Călărași County, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Romania Cancea is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Cancea
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis