Canhams Surname
6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa
Canhams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canamas | 86 | 17 | / |
| Canhoms | 86 | 1 | / |
| Canamaso | 80 | 34 | / |
| Canamusa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Canaemas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Caenames | 80 | 0 | / |
| Janams | 77 | 3 | / |
| Canmas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Canans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Caniamaso | 75 | 12 | / |
| Channamse | 75 | 4 | / |
| Cayanamas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cnms | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cañamas | 71 | 235 | / |
| Kanamas | 71 | 65 | / |
| Kanamis | 71 | 38 | / |
| Kanamos | 71 | 34 | / |
| Kanamus | 71 | 34 | / |
| Cainamisah | 71 | 21 | / |
| Canimas | 71 | 14 | / |
| Caunans | 71 | 9 | / |
| Cañamás | 71 | 5 | / |
| Canhões | 71 | 4 | / |
| Channamshe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Cniamis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cannamisah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanyams | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cunha Moes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ganamas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Canimos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cañames | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cannans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cannims | 71 | 0 | / |
| Canomes | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kanamuse | 67 | 364 | / |
| Cañamaso | 67 | 219 | / |
| Kaniamos | 67 | 76 | / |
| Kaynamis | 67 | 39 | / |
| Khanamsi | 67 | 29 | / |
| Canehmez | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kanamase | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kanyamas | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ganyamas | 67 | 8 | / |
| Cunha Hames | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kannamus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khanamas | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cunha Massa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cunha Maeso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanamsee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gannamsi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ganamesi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cunha Mussi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canmosse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cañamoso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanyames | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cañamasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chianmas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cunha Maues | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Canhams
- 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