Cañal Surname
Approximately 2,021 people bear this surname
Cañal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,710 | 1:59,204 | 9,970 |
| Argentina | 199 | 1:214,791 | 17,691 |
| Spain | 42 | 1:1,113,144 | 39,565 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Canal (17,922) are calculated separately.
Cañal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cañal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cañal is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Canal. For other possible spellings of Cañal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cañal is the 205,346th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,605,911 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Cañal reside; 84 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 84 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,710 people, or 1 in 59,204. In The Philippines Cañal is most frequent in: Western Visayas, where 24 percent reside, Caraga, where 19 percent reside and Davao Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines Cañal occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 10 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canal | 93 | 17,922 | / |
| Cañale | 91 | 183 | / |
| Chañal | 91 | 73 | / |
| Cañial | 91 | 3 | / |
| Cañalle | 83 | 3 | / |
| Cañijal | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jañal | 80 | 73 | / |
| Cañol | 80 | 3 | / |
| Canale | 73 | 18,679 | / |
| Chanal | 73 | 1,118 | / |
| Cannal | 73 | 907 | / |
| Canalp | 73 | 520 | / |
| Cangal | 73 | 495 | / |
| Canial | 73 | 55 | / |
| Catnal | 73 | 47 | / |
| Canall | 73 | 28 | / |
| Caneal | 73 | 27 | / |
| Cahnal | 73 | 25 | / |
| Canahl | 73 | 9 | / |
| Cañole | 73 | 7 | / |
| Canyal | 73 | 6 | / |
| Casnal | 73 | 3 | / |
| Canaul | 73 | 1 | / |
| Canhal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kañale | 73 | 1 | / |
| Caanal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Caunal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Canald | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cainal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Canalt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Scanal | 73 | 0 | / |
| Canayl | 73 | 0 | / |
| Camnal | 73 | 0 | / |
| Changal | 67 | 1,542 | / |
| Caingal | 67 | 608 | / |
| Canalle | 67 | 577 | / |
| Canault | 67 | 330 | / |
| Chaunal | 67 | 170 | / |
| Channal | 67 | 94 | / |
| Chanale | 67 | 77 | / |
| Cannale | 67 | 51 | / |
| Cagnale | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chanhal | 67 | 10 | / |
| Canjaal | 67 | 5 | / |
| Scanall | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chainal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chanail | 67 | 2 | / |
| Catnyal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chanall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caineal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cannayl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cannald | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cangeal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canajol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canahal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaneal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cannall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chanaul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaanal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chhanal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canalhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canyale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caniale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chajnal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cayngal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cannalt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Caunalt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Canneal | 67 | 0 | / |
| Caunall | 67 | 0 | / |
| Casnnal | 67 | 0 | / |
| Camnail | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scannal | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Cañal
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