Canisa Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Canisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 60 | 1:712,390 | 48,679 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Cañisa (117) & Cañisá (8) are calculated separately.
Canisa (47) may also be a first name.
Canisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canisa is carried by more people in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Cañisa or Cañisá. Click here for other potential spellings of Canisa.
How Common Is The Last Name Canisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,817,111th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Canisa live; 70 percent live in South America and 58 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. Canisa is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 47 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Argentina, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 712,390. In Argentina Canisa is most numerous in: La Rioja Province, where 27 percent are found, Tucumán Province, where 20 percent are found and Formosa Province, where 12 percent are found. Other than Argentina this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 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 Canisa
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