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Where Does The Last Name Cañas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Cañas (Arabic: كاناس) is more frequently found in Colombia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Canas, Cañás, Cańas, Canaş or Canás. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Cañas is the 9,157^th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 117,720 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Cañas are found; 49 percent are found in South America and 42 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

This surname is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is borne by 19,705 people, or 1 in 2,424. In Colombia Cañas is most frequent in: Antioquia Department, where 33 percent are found, Norte de Santander Department, where 9 percent are found and Capital District, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Colombia this surname occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 15 percent are found and El Salvador, where 15 percent are found.

Cañas Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Cañas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cañas last name grew 457 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cañas Last Name Statistics ^demography

The amount Cañas earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 30.69% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,435 per year and in Colombia they earn 0.54% less than the national average, earning $22,580,800 COP per year.