Canivan Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Philippines

Canivan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canivan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Canivan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canivan is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Canivan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canivan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Canivan is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Canivan live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 16,475,406. In The United States it is most numerous in: Connecticut, where 27 percent live, New York, where 23 percent live and South Carolina, where 18 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 33 percent live.

Canivan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Canivan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Canivan surname expanded 105 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Canivan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Canivan surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Canivan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.93% more than the national average, earning $48,727 USD per year.

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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 Canivan
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