Cação Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Cação Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 293 | 1:35,557 | 2,167 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Caçao (61), Caçào (1), Caçãõ (1) & Cacao (21,766) are calculated separately.
Cação Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cação Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cação occurs in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Caçao, Caçào, Caçãõ or Cacao. Click here for further potential spellings of Cação.
How Common Is The Last Name Cação? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 841,044th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The last name Cação is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Cação are found; 90 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The last name Cação is most frequently held in Portugal, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 35,557. Excluding Portugal this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Cação
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