Canovas Surname
Approximately 18,736 people bear this surname
Canovas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 12,424 | 1:3,763 | 462 |
| France | 2,419 | 1:27,459 | 3,323 |
| Argentina | 1,083 | 1:39,468 | 3,306 |
| Brazil | 597 | 1:358,583 | 13,735 |
| Philippines | 597 | 1:169,578 | 27,628 |
| Mexico | 344 | 1:360,832 | 7,494 |
| Cuba | 323 | 1:35,674 | 1,692 |
| United States | 307 | 1:1,180,648 | 84,333 |
| Chile | 223 | 1:78,998 | 3,154 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Guam | 58 | 1:2,761 | 360 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Peru | 33 | 1:963,155 | 18,708 |
| Colombia | 30 | 1:1,592,469 | 11,125 |
| Venezuela | 30 | 1:1,006,803 | 15,224 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Andorra | 26 | 1:3,225 | 636 |
| Uruguay | 24 | 1:142,990 | 12,722 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Cánovas (361), Cañovas (15) & Cànovas (7) are calculated separately.
Canovas (37) may also be a first name.
Canovas Demographics
Average Male Canovas Height
172.65 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Canovas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canovas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canovas is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Cánovas, Cañovas or Cànovas. Click here for further possible spellings of Canovas.
How Common Is The Last Name Canovas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,658th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 388,960 people. Canovas occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Canovas are found; 66 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 66 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 37 people.
The last name is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 12,424 people, or 1 in 3,763. In Spain it is most frequent in: Murcia, where 51 percent reside, Catalonia, where 14 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 13 percent reside. Other than Spain this surname exists in 41 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.
Canovas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canovas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Canovas surname increased 5,117 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Canovas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Canovas are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Canovas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 180.96% more than the national average, earning S/. 54,464 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.61% more than the national average, earning $28,969,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 27.96% more than the national average, earning $55,212 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
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- 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 Canovas
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