Canilan Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Canilan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canilan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines811:1,249,85596,172
Taiwan291:808,4405,718
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Canilan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Canilan is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Canilan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Canilan are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 1,249,855. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 78 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 14 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 5 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines Canilan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Canilan
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