Cañahuara Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Cañahuara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañahuara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru651:488,98714,013
Chile51:3,523,29539,650

The alternate forms: Canahuara (1) are calculated separately.

Cañahuara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cañahuara occurs in Peru more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Canahuara. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañahuara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cañahuara is the 2,273,756th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cañahuara live; 100 percent live in South America and 93 percent live in Andean South America.

This surname is most commonly held in Peru, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 488,987. In Peru Cañahuara is most frequent in: Tacna Region, where 51 percent live, Arequipa Region, where 26 percent live and Lima Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Peru this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Chile, where 7 percent live.

Cañahuara Last Name Statistics demography

Cañahuara earn significantly less than the average income. In Peru they earn 30.36% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,500 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 Cañahuara
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