Canice Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Canice Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 323 | 1:548,430 | 26,767 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Canice (2,615) may also be a first name.
Canice Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canice Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canice is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Canice? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canice is the 832,284th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname Canice is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Canice reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 143,711th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 2,615 people.
The surname Canice is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent reside, Cross River, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Canice occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Canice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Canice has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 150 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 Canice
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