Cañamero Surname

173,051st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Cañamero Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañamero Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,9551:23,9142,543
Peru3421:92,9366,127
Argentina1531:279,36922,471
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Canamero (212) are calculated separately.

Cañamero Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cañamero is more frequently found in Spain than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Canamero. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañamero? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 173,051st most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,933,795 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Cañamero live; 78 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 78 percent live in Iberian Europe.

Cañamero is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 1,955 people, or 1 in 23,914. In Spain it is mostly found in: Andalusia, where 22 percent are found, Madrid, where 19 percent are found and Extremadura, where 17 percent are found. Beside Spain it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 14 percent are found and Argentina, where 6 percent are found.

Cañamero Last Name Statistics demography

Cañamero earn significantly less than the average income. In Peru they earn 25.51% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,440 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
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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 Cañamero
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