Cancouet Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Cancouet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cancouet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1971:337,17150,874
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Cancouët (10) are calculated separately.

Cancouet Last Name Facts

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

Cancouet is most common in France. It can occur as: Cancouët. Click here for other potential spellings of Cancouet.

How Common Is The Last Name Cancouet? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,189,614th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname Cancouet occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cancouet reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 337,171. In France Cancouet is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 50 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 26 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 9 percent reside. Outside of France this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cancouët9610/
Cancouette891/
Canchout881/
Cansuet8040/
Kantchouet7872/
Chankoet75162/
Cainguet751/
Kankouet751/
Canquest751/
Canque713,334/
Cangue711,631/
Cancea71334/
Changkoet71119/
Kantchuet718/
Chanchoed714/
Cancui714/
Chankowet714/
Kancou714/
Canceu713/
Cancej713/
Cancei712/
Cancoa711/
Kantsouet711/
Cancão711/
Cancey711/
Conquet671,288/
Cancejo67689/
Cangque67279/
Kankoet67222/
Ccanque67136/
Kankoue6780/
Canguit6766/
Kangoue6747/
Cancoya6725/
Caangue6723/
Caincoy6712/
Cancujo676/
Canggue676/
Ceancau675/
Consuet675/
Canncey674/
Canquez674/
Tchankoute674/
Kansuet674/
Kanguet672/
Conguet672/
Cancuja671/
Cainque671/
Cancayo671/
Canceio671/
Camngue671/
Cancoja671/
Catincault671/
Sankout671/
Comquet671/
Janjout671/
Caingue671/
Kanzout670/
Cauncey670/
Canchey670/

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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 Cancouet
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