Caniz Surname
Approximately 12,423 people bear this surname
Caniz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 12,245 | 1:1,313 | 236 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Turkey | 23 | 1:3,383,540 | 91,291 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Cañiz (60) are calculated separately.
Caniz (11) may also be a first name.
Caniz Demographics
Average Caniz Salary in
United States
$30,045 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Caniz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caniz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Caniz is borne by more people in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Cañiz. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Caniz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Caniz is the 42,034th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 586,617 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Caniz reside; 99 percent reside in Central America and 99 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Caniz is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
This surname is most frequent in Guatemala, where it is borne by 12,245 people, or 1 in 1,313. In Guatemala Caniz is primarily found in: Totonicapán Department, where 85 percent are found, Sacatepéquez Department, where 10 percent are found and Guatemala Department, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Guatemala it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Turkey, where 0 percent are found.
Caniz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Caniz surname are 8.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.9% being registered with the party.
Caniz earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.37% less than the national average, earning $30,045 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 Caniz
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