Cannavò Surname

825,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Cannavò Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cannavò Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3091:197,91828,649
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Cannavo (5,241), Cannavó (7) & Cannavô (1) are calculated separately.

Cannavò Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cannavò is carried by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Cannavo, Cannavó or Cannavô. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cannavò? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cannavò is the 825,152nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Cannavò are found; 98 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 98 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The last name Cannavò is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 309 people, or 1 in 197,918. In Italy it is primarily found in: Sicily, where 66 percent are found, Lazio, where 17 percent are found and Lombardy, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Italy this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 7 percent are found and Finland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cannavo955,241/
Cannavó957/
Cannavô951/
Cannava86572/
Cannavà8625/
Cannavá861/
Channava804/
Cannavau800/
Canava77468/
Canavo77119/
Canavá771/
Canavó771/
Cannova711,201/
Canneva71582/
Chanava71298/
Canavas7152/
Canavos7140/
Cannovo7127/
Kannava7122/
Sannava714/
Cangavo714/
Kannavo713/
Canaeva712/
Cannabo712/
Cainava712/
Connavo711/
Chanavá711/
Chanavà711/
Canavaz711/
Caenava711/
Jannava711/
Canavau710/
Cannaba710/
Channawa67440/
Channova6771/
Changava6740/
Kannavou6727/
Kannaeva6712/
Jannavat679/
Chainava677/
Cannovas672/
Changavo671/
Ccananpa671/
Tchanava671/
Kannavas671/
Cannaboy670/

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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 Cannavò
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