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
Cañal is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Canal. Click here for further possible spellings of Cañal.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañal? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cañal is the 205,346th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,605,911 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Cañal live; 84 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Cañal is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,710 people, or 1 in 59,204. In The Philippines Cañal is most numerous in: Western Visayas, where 24 percent live, Caraga, where 19 percent live and Davao Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 10 percent live and Spain, where 2 percent live.
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
- 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 Cañal
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