Cancel Surname
Approximately 2,544 people bear this surname
Cancel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 910 | 1:72,992 | 10,214 |
| Puerto Rico | 622 | 1:5,708 | 365 |
| Romania | 429 | 1:46,802 | 5,832 |
| Philippines | 311 | 1:325,525 | 44,983 |
| Dominican Republic | 185 | 1:56,394 | 2,803 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Cancél (1) are calculated separately.
Cancel (1,061) may also be a first name.
Cancel Demographics
Average Male Cancel Height
173.39 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cancel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cancel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cancel occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Cancél. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cancel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cancel is the 169,610th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,864,601 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Cancel are found; 35 percent are found in Western Europe and 35 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 245,703rd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,061 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 910 people, or 1 in 72,992. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 66 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 8 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 7 percent are found. Outside of France this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Puerto Rico, where 24 percent are found and Romania, where 17 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
- 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 Cancel
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