Canfild Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Canfild Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canfild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1711:1,251,89743,012
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Canfild Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canfild occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Canfild click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canfild? popularity and diffusion

Canfild is the 1,300,225th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Canfild are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 1,251,897. In Brazil Canfild is most common in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 46 percent are found, Paraná, where 18 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.

Canfild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Canfild has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Canfild last name decreased 85 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 Canfild
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