Canican Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Canican Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Canican Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canican Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canican is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Canican? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canican is the 2,635,433rd most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Canican reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 1,910,155. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Eastern Visayas, where 66 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 13 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 11 percent reside. Barring The Philippines Canican is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Canican
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