Caneau Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Caneau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Caneau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caneau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Caneau has its highest incidence in France. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Caneau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Caneau is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Caneau live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Caneau is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 11,070,454. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 50 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 17 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 17 percent are found. Aside from France this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Caneau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Caneau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Caneau last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Caneau
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