Canville Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Canville Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canville Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1801:369,01554,985
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
England21:27,859,030389,889

Canville Last Name Facts

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

Canville is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Canville? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,118,459th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Canville live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 369,015. In France it is primarily found in: Normandy, where 62 percent live, Île-de-France, where 17 percent live and Occitanie, where 9 percent live. Barring France it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

Canville Last Name Statistics demography

Canville earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.53% less than the national average, earning $40,333 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
  • 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 Canville
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