Caniço Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Caniço Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caniço Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal2741:38,0232,283
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

The alternate forms: Canico (855), Caniçó (1) & Cañico (2) are calculated separately.

Caniço Last Name Facts

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

The last name Caniço is more commonly found in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Canico, Caniçó or Cañico. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Caniço? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 945,594th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The last name Caniço is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Caniço are found; 99 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname Caniço is most commonly occurring in Portugal, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 38,023. Aside from Portugal this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canico94855/
Caniçó941/
Caniços921/
Cañico892/
Canizo83736/
Caniça8395/
Caniso8334/
Caneço832/
Canieso771,068/
Canisio77417/
Canicio77351/
Canizzo77280/
Caniezo77258/
Canisso7783/
Canesio7776/
Cannizo7718/
Cangiso7717/
Canecio7715/
Caniosa7715/
Canicho777/
Caunico775/
Canioso773/
Canaico773/
Canniso772/
Canício772/
Canysio772/
Canísio772/
Caneiso771/
Caneixo771/
Canisoy771/
Cannizzo714,786/
Canisios711/
Canisous711/
Canniezo711/
Cannicio711/
Caniza672,310/
Sanizo67795/
Cañizo67650/
Kaniso67260/
Caneco67194/
Canezo67142/
Caneso67125/
Saniso67123/
Janičo67111/
Canisa67103/
Canica6788/
Kanico6785/
Cañiso6753/
Janiso6736/
Conico6729/
Zaniso6722/
Kanizo6722/
Zanico675/
Zanizo672/
Cani'chou671/
Cannoizzo671/
Cannizzxo671/

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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 Caniço
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