Canija Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Canija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 57 | 1:352,243 | 30,194 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Ćanija (4) & Cănija (4) are calculated separately.
Canija (21) may also be a first name.
Canija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canija occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Ćanija or Cănija. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canija? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canija is the 1,871,545th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Canija is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Canija reside; 58 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 58 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name in the world, held by 21 people.
The last name Canija is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 352,243. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Alba County, where 98 percent reside and Hunedoara County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Romania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 28 percent reside and Albania, where 6 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
- 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 Canija
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