Canfin Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Canfin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canfin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2051:324,01349,159
Belgium421:273,73032,801
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Canfin Last Name Facts

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

Canfin occurs most in France. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Canfin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Canfin is the 1,001,271st most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Canfin are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 324,013. In France Canfin is primarily found in: Hauts-de-France, where 67 percent live, Normandy, where 9 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 8 percent live. Aside from France this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canfijn9238/
Chanfin921/
Canfien920/
Chanffin861/
Canfyn8364/
Zanfin8317/
Confin8310/
Sanfin838/
Janfin831/
Confing774/
Canphin771/
Kanfien771/
Confina771/
Conffin770/
Sanfn734/
Chanphin714/
Kamfin6730/
Confim6725/
Sanfen672/
Zanfen672/
Comfin671/
Konfin671/
Sonfin671/
Janfen671/

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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 Canfin
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