Canú Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Canú Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Canu (15,298), Canù (1), Cañu (115) & Cânu (1) are calculated separately.
Canú Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canú Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canú occurs in Guatemala more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Canu, Canù, Cañu or Cânu. Click here to see other possible spellings of Canú.
How Common Is The Last Name Canú? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canú is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Canú are found; 54 percent are found in Central America and 54 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Guatemala, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,297,524. In Guatemala Canú is primarily found in: Chimaltenango Department, where 14 percent live. Outside of Guatemala this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 31 percent live and Spain, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canu | 92 | 15,298 | / |
| Canù | 92 | 1 | / |
| Cañu | 83 | 115 | / |
| Cânu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Canó | 75 | 28 | / |
| Camú | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kanú | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chanu | 67 | 11,716 | / |
| Canut | 67 | 2,015 | / |
| Canup | 67 | 1,897 | / |
| Canau | 67 | 1,043 | / |
| Canus | 67 | 913 | / |
| Cannu | 67 | 674 | / |
| Canoo | 67 | 181 | / |
| Canou | 67 | 159 | / |
| Canoe | 67 | 158 | / |
| Canuz | 67 | 103 | / |
| Cangu | 67 | 69 | / |
| Canux | 67 | 63 | / |
| Caneu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Cainu | 67 | 24 | / |
| Caunu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Camús | 67 | 12 | / |
| Canud | 67 | 6 | / |
| Canuu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Canuj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Canão | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanús | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cahnu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Csanó | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Canú
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis