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.
Cancela Demographics
Average Cancela Salary in
United States
$45,358 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 occurs in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cancela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cancela is the 58,996th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 851,846 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Cancela live; 47 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 47 percent live in Iberian Europe. Cancela is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Spain, where it is borne by 2,484 people, or 1 in 18,821. In Spain it is primarily found in: Galicia, where 71 percent reside, Madrid, where 13 percent reside and Andalusia, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Spain this surname is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 18 percent reside and Uruguay, where 14 percent reside.
Cancela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cancela last name are 42.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.83% 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
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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 Cancela
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