Canchica Surname

216,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,899 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Canchica Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canchica Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela1,8511:16,3181,275
Colombia321:1,492,94010,821
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Cánchica (6) are calculated separately.

Canchica Last Name Facts

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

Canchica is carried by more people in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Cánchica. For other potential spellings of Canchica click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canchica? popularity and diffusion

The surname Canchica is the 216,168th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,837,570 people. The surname Canchica occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Canchica are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

It is most widely held in Venezuela, where it is held by 1,851 people, or 1 in 16,318. In Venezuela Canchica is most common in: Táchira, where 47 percent are found, Capital District, where 15 percent are found and Miranda, where 11 percent are found. Besides Venezuela this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Canchica Last Name Statistics demography

Canchica earn a lot less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 37.6% less than the national average, earning $14,166,500 COP 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 Canchica
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