Caniza Surname
Approximately 2,310 people bear this surname
Caniza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1,296 | 1:32,981 | 2,747 |
| Paraguay | 820 | 1:8,825 | 530 |
| Brazil | 109 | 1:1,963,985 | 62,590 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Philippines | 30 | 1:3,374,607 | 147,509 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Cañiza (4,755) are calculated separately.
Caniza Demographics
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Caniza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caniza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Caniza has its highest incidence in Argentina. It may appear as a variant: Cañiza. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caniza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Caniza is the 183,796th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,154,782 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Caniza live; 96 percent live in South America and 56 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname is most widely held in Argentina, where it is borne by 1,296 people, or 1 in 32,981. In Argentina it is mostly found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 26 percent are found, Misiones Province, where 19 percent are found and Formosa Province, where 12 percent are found. Barring Argentina this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Paraguay, where 35 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
Caniza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Caniza last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Caniza earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.53% more than the national average, earning $48,985 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 Caniza
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