Caniguan Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Caniguan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 88 | 1:200,187 | 6,348 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Cañiguan (8) are calculated separately.
Caniguan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caniguan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Caniguan is held by more people in Chile than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Cañiguan. For other possible spellings of Caniguan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caniguan? popularity and diffusion
Caniguan is the 1,882,912th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Caniguan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Caniguan live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname Caniguan is most commonly held in Chile, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 200,187. In Chile it is most prevalent in: Araucanía Region, where 43 percent reside, Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 41 percent reside and Bío Bío Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Chile Caniguan is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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
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- 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 Caniguan
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