Cañavate Surname

279,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Cañavate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañavate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,2511:37,3723,698
Argentina1201:356,19527,792
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

The alternate forms: Canavate (267) are calculated separately.

Cañavate Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cañavate is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Canavate. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cañavate.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañavate? popularity and diffusion

Cañavate is the 279,475th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,269,375 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Cañavate live; 90 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Spain, where it is carried by 1,251 people, or 1 in 37,372. In Spain Cañavate is most numerous in: Murcia, where 45 percent reside, Andalusia, where 16 percent reside and Castilla-La Mancha, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Spain Cañavate is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 9 percent reside and Venezuela, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canavate96267/
Cañabate881,101/
Cañavete887/
Canhavate829/
Canavatte823/
Chanavate821/
Kanavate751,282/
Canavati75568/
Canabate75121/
Sanavate7528/
Canavete751/
Khanavate71166/
Canhabate718/
Chanavati712/
Canhovate711/
Canhavati711/
Canavatti711/
Canahvati711/
Kanavat67690/
Canhavatti676/
Cannavatti675/
Kanavathie672/
Chanavathi671/

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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 Cañavate
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