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 occurs in Chile more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Cañiguan. Click here for further possible spellings of Caniguan.
How Common Is The Last Name Caniguan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,882,912th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. It occurs mostly 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 numerous in Chile, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 200,187. In Chile Caniguan is most numerous in: Araucanía Region, where 43 percent live, Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 41 percent live and Bío Bío Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Chile Caniguan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Caniguan
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