Cañaris Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Cañaris Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañaris Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador841:189,3557,703
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Canaris (439) are calculated separately.

Cañaris Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cañaris occurs in Ecuador more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Canaris. For other possible spellings of Cañaris click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañaris? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cañaris is the 1,994,173rd most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Cañaris is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Cañaris live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Andean South America.

The surname is most prevalent in Ecuador, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 189,355. In Ecuador it is mostly found in: Imbabura Province, where 54 percent live, Loja Province, where 23 percent live and Pichincha Province, where 20 percent live. Excluding Ecuador this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 2 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

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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 Cañaris
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