Canela Surname
Approximately 22,591 people bear this surname
Canela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 8,001 | 1:15,514 | 1,327 |
| Dominican Republic | 4,645 | 1:2,246 | 319 |
| Brazil | 2,576 | 1:83,103 | 3,121 |
| United States | 2,038 | 1:177,850 | 17,820 |
| Spain | 1,821 | 1:25,674 | 2,684 |
| Philippines | 1,120 | 1:90,391 | 15,738 |
| Venezuela | 450 | 1:67,120 | 2,920 |
| Argentina | 364 | 1:117,427 | 9,911 |
| Peru | 349 | 1:91,072 | 6,051 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Portugal | 217 | 1:48,010 | 2,732 |
| Romania | 204 | 1:98,421 | 11,212 |
| Uruguay | 123 | 1:27,900 | 3,215 |
| Paraguay | 108 | 1:67,007 | 1,780 |
| Nicaragua | 103 | 1:58,457 | 1,511 |
| France | 70 | 1:948,896 | 108,010 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Cuba | 11 | 1:1,047,520 | 6,594 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Cañela (11) & Canéla (1) are calculated separately.
Canela (276) may also be a first name.
Canela Demographics
Average Canela Salary in
United States
$36,993 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Canela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canela (Arabic: كانيلا) is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Cañela or Canéla. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Canela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canela is the 23,944th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 322,586 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Canela live; 39 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Hispano-North America. Canela is also the 534,713th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 276 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is held by 8,001 people, or 1 in 15,514. In Mexico Canela is mostly concentrated in: Veracruz, where 43 percent live, Michoacán, where 13 percent live and Jalisco, where 7 percent live. Beside Mexico this last name is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.
Canela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Canela has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Canela surname expanded 50,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Canela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Canela last name are 43.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.77% registered with the party.
The amount Canela earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 36.77% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,258 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.12% more than the national average, earning $26,134,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.27% less than the national average, earning $36,993 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.35% less than the national average, earning $40,071 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Canela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Canela in the Arabic language | ||
| كانيلا | kanyla | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Canela
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis