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
Canice is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Canice? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canice is the 832,284th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Canice are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 143,711th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 2,615 people.
Canice is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria Canice is mostly found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent live, Cross River, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Canice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Canice has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Canice 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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