Cancellor Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Cancellor Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) Chancellor [Old French c(h)ancelier, Low Latin cancellarius]

Cancellor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Cancellor (4) may also be a first name.

Cancellor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) Chancellor [Old French c(h)ancelier, Low Latin cancellarius]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The same as Chancellor, Latin cancellarius. Le Canceler. H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cancellor Last Name Facts

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

Cancellor is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cancellor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cancellor is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Cancellor live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 6,192,526th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 4 people.

The surname Cancellor is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 50 percent live and New York, where 50 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.

Cancellor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cancellor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cancellor surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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