Canicius Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Canicius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canicius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Canicius (61) may also be a first name.

Canicius Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canicius is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Canicius.

How Common Is The Last Name Canicius? popularity and diffusion

The surname Canicius is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Canicius is primarily found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Canicius are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 61 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Canicius is most common in: Western, where 86 percent live and Milne Bay, where 14 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canisius88682/
Caniceus881/
Canicu861/
Cannisius822/
Canisus809/
Kanisius75422/
Canesius752/
Canisous751/
Canizaus751/
Kanicu719/
Cani'chou711/
Kanisiuss711/
Cannichau710/
Kanisus6736/
Cannecu6713/
Canechu671/
Caniços671/
Konicus671/

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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 Canicius
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