Canú Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Canú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 is most common in Guatemala. It can also occur in the variant forms: Canu, Canù, Cañu or Cânu. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Canú? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Canú live; 54 percent live in Central America and 54 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

Canú is most prevalent in Guatemala, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,297,524. In Guatemala Canú is mostly found in: Chimaltenango Department, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Guatemala it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 31 percent reside and Spain, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canu9215,298/
Canù921/
Cañu83115/
Cânu831/
Canó7528/
Camú757/
Kanú751/
Chanu6711,716/
Canut672,015/
Canup671,897/
Canau671,043/
Canus67913/
Cannu67674/
Canoo67181/
Canou67159/
Canoe67158/
Canuz67103/
Cangu6769/
Canux6763/
Caneu6738/
Cainu6724/
Caunu6720/
Camús6712/
Canud676/
Canuu675/
Canuj673/
Canão672/
Kanús671/
Cahnu671/
Csanó671/

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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 Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis