Canita Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Canita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 98 | 1:1,033,043 | 87,420 |
| Moldova | 36 | 1:98,927 | 11,954 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
The alternate forms: Cañita (180) are calculated separately.
Canita (399) may also be a first name.
Canita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canita occurs most in The Philippines. It can be rendered as: Cañita. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Canita? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canita is the 1,202,518th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Canita live; 55 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 432,205th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 399 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,033,043. In The Philippines Canita is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 37 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 30 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 16 percent reside. Not including The Philippines it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 18 percent reside and Portugal, where 14 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
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