Cancela Surname
Approximately 8,555 people bear this surname
Cancela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2,484 | 1:18,821 | 2,085 |
| Portugal | 1,529 | 1:6,814 | 649 |
| Uruguay | 1,176 | 1:2,918 | 342 |
| Brazil | 1,121 | 1:190,967 | 7,363 |
| Argentina | 775 | 1:55,153 | 4,647 |
| Mexico | 468 | 1:265,227 | 6,338 |
| United States | 310 | 1:1,169,222 | 83,615 |
| France | 170 | 1:390,722 | 57,689 |
| Colombia | 97 | 1:492,516 | 6,994 |
| Philippines | 88 | 1:1,150,434 | 92,307 |
| Cuba | 78 | 1:147,727 | 3,633 |
| Venezuela | 45 | 1:671,202 | 11,567 |
| Peru | 42 | 1:756,765 | 16,930 |
| Luxembourg | 41 | 1:14,160 | 3,053 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Cancela (10) may also be a first name.
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Cancela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cancela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cancela is more frequently found in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cancela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 58,996th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 851,846 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Cancela are found; 47 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 47 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Cancela is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 10 people.
This last name is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 2,484 people, or 1 in 18,821. In Spain Cancela is primarily found in: Galicia, where 71 percent are found, Madrid, where 13 percent are found and Andalusia, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Spain it occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 18 percent are found and Uruguay, where 14 percent are found.
Cancela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cancela surname are 42.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.83% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cancela earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 5.17% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,382 per year; in South Africa they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning R 245,700 per year; in Colombia they earn 36.01% more than the national average, earning $30,876,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.12% more than the national average, earning $45,358 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.34% less than the national average, earning $41,567 CAD per year.
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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 Cancela
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