Caniço Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Caniço Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 274 | 1:38,023 | 2,283 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
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 frequently found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Canico, Caniçó or Cañico. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caniço? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 945,594th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Caniço occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Caniço live; 99 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Portugal, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 38,023. Apart from Portugal Caniço exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canico | 94 | 855 | / |
| Caniçó | 94 | 1 | / |
| Caniços | 92 | 1 | / |
| Cañico | 89 | 2 | / |
| Canizo | 83 | 736 | / |
| Caniça | 83 | 95 | / |
| Caniso | 83 | 34 | / |
| Caneço | 83 | 2 | / |
| Canieso | 77 | 1,068 | / |
| Canisio | 77 | 417 | / |
| Canicio | 77 | 351 | / |
| Canizzo | 77 | 280 | / |
| Caniezo | 77 | 258 | / |
| Canisso | 77 | 83 | / |
| Canesio | 77 | 76 | / |
| Cannizo | 77 | 18 | / |
| Cangiso | 77 | 17 | / |
| Canecio | 77 | 15 | / |
| Caniosa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Canicho | 77 | 7 | / |
| Caunico | 77 | 5 | / |
| Canioso | 77 | 3 | / |
| Canaico | 77 | 3 | / |
| Canniso | 77 | 2 | / |
| Canício | 77 | 2 | / |
| Canysio | 77 | 2 | / |
| Canísio | 77 | 2 | / |
| Caneiso | 77 | 1 | / |
| Caneixo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Canisoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cannizzo | 71 | 4,786 | / |
| Canisios | 71 | 1 | / |
| Canisous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Canniezo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cannicio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caniza | 67 | 2,310 | / |
| Sanizo | 67 | 795 | / |
| Cañizo | 67 | 650 | / |
| Kaniso | 67 | 260 | / |
| Caneco | 67 | 194 | / |
| Canezo | 67 | 142 | / |
| Caneso | 67 | 125 | / |
| Saniso | 67 | 123 | / |
| Janičo | 67 | 111 | / |
| Canisa | 67 | 103 | / |
| Canica | 67 | 88 | / |
| Kanico | 67 | 85 | / |
| Cañiso | 67 | 53 | / |
| Janiso | 67 | 36 | / |
| Conico | 67 | 29 | / |
| Zaniso | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kanizo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Zanico | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zanizo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cani'chou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cannoizzo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cannizzxo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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