Canário Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Canário Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canário Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal3681:28,3101,809
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Canario (10,378) are calculated separately.

Canário Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canário is more frequently found in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Canario. For other potential spellings of Canário click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canário? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 689,921st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Canário are found; 86 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 86 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is carried by 368 people, or 1 in 28,310. Barring Portugal this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canario9510,378/
Canários932/
Canorio86354/
Zanário862/
Kanário861/
Canarios80228/
Canarijo809/
Chanario803/
Cannario802/
Canárias802/
Canaria716,430/
Kanario715,256/
Kanorio71479/
Zanario7143/
Conorio718/
Canoria715/
Conario712/
Canarjo711/
Canarias671,094/
Kanarios6741/
Cañarijo6719/
Chanaria675/
Chanoria672/
Kanasrio671/
Kanarrio671/
Cognario671/
Cainaria671/
Canareho671/
Kasnario671/

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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 Canário
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