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 last name Canija occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Ćanija or Cănija. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Canija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,871,545th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Canija live; 58 percent live in Eastern Europe and 58 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 352,243. In Romania Canija is most prevalent in: Alba County, where 98 percent reside and Hunedoara County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Romania it is found 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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