Canobas Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Canobas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canobas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines6581:153,85725,550
Argentina611:700,71248,077
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
France191:3,495,933219,029
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Cañobas (33) are calculated separately.

Canobas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canobas is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Cañobas. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Canobas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 438,351st most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 84 percent of Canobas are found; 84 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 84 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 153,857. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Calabarzon, where 43 percent live, Central Visayas, where 22 percent live and Davao Region, where 9 percent live. Other than The Philippines this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 8 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cañobas9533/
Chanobas935/
Canoba92103/
Canovas8618,736/
Canubas861,946/
Janobas86411/
Canebas863/
Canabas863/
Canobos861/
Kanobas861/
Chanabas8041/
Chanovas8010/
Casnovas803/
Cannovas802/
Canaba77302/
Kanoba77193/
Conoba772/
Canobo772/
Cañoba771/
Canabhais757/
Kanouba71457/
Cánovas71361/
Cañubas71325/
Konobas71229/
Canovai71132/
Khanoba7165/
Canavas7152/
Kanabas7150/
Canavos7140/
Canovaz7138/
Janabas7134/
Canabay7127/
Canuvas7127/
Cainaba7126/
Cañovas7115/
Kangoba7114/
Kainoba7110/
Cànovas717/
Conovas716/
Kanoboa716/
Kanovas715/
Canauba715/
Canabai714/
Kanobha713/
Canabaz713/
Kanhoba712/
Canovasová711/
Canovaï711/
Canovos711/
Canoova711/
Canoboy711/
Canubos711/
Kanobay711/
Janobos711/
Canabad711/
Kanobai711/
Canawas711/
Cannaba710/
Canabhai67427/
Khanouba67388/
Chanavas6757/
Kanabase6729/
Canaveis6721/
Cangabai6712/
Cainabai678/
Kainovas673/
Canabhat673/
Canavase673/
Kangobau671/
Khanobai671/
Konnobas671/
Cannabay671/
Cannabai671/
Sannabas671/
Kanobhai671/
Sanaabas671/
Conoways670/

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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 Canobas
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