Canoves Surname

590,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Canoves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canoves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2921:160,11011,642
Argentina1441:296,82923,706
Philippines721:1,406,086101,646
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
France11:66,422,722504,397
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Cánoves (9) & Cànoves (1) are calculated separately.

Canoves Last Name Facts

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

The surname Canoves is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Cánoves or Cànoves. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canoves? popularity and diffusion

Canoves is the 590,101st most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Canoves live; 55 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Spain, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 160,110. In Spain Canoves is most common in: Valencian Community, where 83 percent are found, Catalonia, where 11 percent are found and Balearic Islands, where 7 percent are found. Not including Spain this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 27 percent are found and The Philippines, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cánoves959/
Cànoves951/
Canovese93137/
Cannoves931/
Canove922/
Canaves861,097/
Canover8610/
Canobes869/
Caneves863/
Conoves861/
Casnove861/
Canhove861/
Canovet861/
Canovez861/
Canovis860/
Canavese802,758/
Kanovets8056/
Canaveis8021/
Scanaves803/
Canneves801/
Seanoves801/
Cannover800/
Canovi771,959/
Canave77449/
Conove7719/
Kanove7714/
Canobe7714/
Canavesse7539/
Khanovets7520/
Scounoves750/
Conover7112,541/
Canavez71365/
Canaver71275/
Casnave71176/
Canovic71141/
Canovai71132/
Canabes71114/
Canobis71101/
Canavea7146/
Cangovi7117/
Cánaves7114/
Cànaves7114/
Cainave715/
Canovio714/
Canavis714/
Kangove714/
Canavey713/
Canavés711/
Canoova711/
Casnovy711/
Canavês711/
Conovep711/
Cangave711/
Canowie711/
Conovey710/
Conovis710/
Konovets67543/
Kanavets67512/
Scanavez67145/
Janovetz6791/
Connover6713/
Cannaver673/
Canavèse672/
Canavett671/
Janovecz671/
Janaveis671/
Canavece671/
Janovice671/
Canovich671/
Cannovic671/
Quaneves671/
Kanavesh671/
Canabese671/
Canaveiz671/
Conhover670/

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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 Canoves
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