Cañapataña Surname

764,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Cañapataña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañapataña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru3691:86,1365,834
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

The alternate forms: Cañapatana (14) & Canapatana (1) are calculated separately.

Cañapataña Last Name Facts

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

Cañapataña has its highest incidence in Peru. It may occur as a variant: Cañapatana or Canapatana. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañapataña? popularity and diffusion

Cañapataña is the 764,765th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cañapataña reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Andean South America.

The surname is most widespread in Peru, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 86,136. In Peru it is primarily concentrated in: Puno Region, where 51 percent live, Arequipa Region, where 30 percent live and Lima Province, where 18 percent live. Excluding Peru this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 1 percent live and Bolivia, where 0 percent live.

Cañapataña Last Name Statistics demography

Cañapataña earn somewhat less than the average income. In Peru they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,524 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 Cañapataña
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