Cancissú Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Ireland

Cancissú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cancissú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Cancissu (121) are calculated separately.

Cancissú Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cancissú is found most frequently in Brazil. It may appear as a variant: Cancissu. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cancissú? popularity and diffusion

Cancissú is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Cancissú is predominantly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Cancissú reside; 71 percent reside in South America and 71 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 80 percent live and Paraná, where 20 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cancissu96121/
Cansissu755/
Kankaissou562/
Kansesu534/
Cangesu531/
Kangisu531/
Kangkaissou531/
Sansisu531/
Kanchesu504/
Concição502/

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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 Cancissú
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