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 is found most frequently in France. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Caneau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caneau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Caneau are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 11,070,454. In France it is most frequent in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 50 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 17 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 17 percent live. Aside from France this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live.
Caneau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Caneau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Caneau surname contracted 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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