Caniuñir Surname

809,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 345 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Caniuñir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caniuñir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile3371:52,2742,335
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Caniunir (3) & Cañiuñir (2) are calculated separately.

Caniuñir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Caniuñir is held by more people in Chile than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Caniunir or Cañiuñir. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Caniuñir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 809,613th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Caniuñir are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Chile, where it is borne by 337 people, or 1 in 52,274. In Chile it is most prevalent in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 48 percent live, Araucanía Region, where 32 percent live and Los Ríos Region, where 12 percent live. Apart from Chile this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 1 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caniunir963/
Cañiuñir962/
Canuñir9310/
Cañuñir8010/
Canunir801/
Caninira753/
Caneñira751/
Coñuñir6711/
Kaninur671/
Kanyunyire561/
Zanjuner501/

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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 Caniuñir
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