Caneca Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Caneca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 198 | 1:1,081,183 | 37,845 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Cañeca (37) are calculated separately.
Caneca (13) may also be a first name.
Caneca Demographics
Average Caneca Salary in
Canada
$48,792 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Caneca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caneca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Caneca has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also be rendered as a variant: Cañeca. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Caneca? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 812,930th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. Caneca is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Caneca live; 58 percent live in South America and 58 percent live in Luso-South America. Caneca is also the 3,159,357th most common given name globally It is held by 13 people.
Caneca is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 1,081,183. In Brazil it is most common in: Rio de Janeiro, where 61 percent are found, Pernambuco, where 14 percent are found and São Paulo, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 25 percent are found and France, where 9 percent are found.
Caneca Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Caneca earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 144.97% more than the national average, earning R 582,132 per year and in Canada they earn 1.79% less than the national average, earning $48,792 CAD 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 Caneca
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