Cañazaca Surname

301,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Cañazaca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañazaca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru1,2551:25,3262,755
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Canazaca (16) are calculated separately.

Cañazaca Last Name Facts

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

Cañazaca is borne by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Canazaca. For other potential spellings of Cañazaca click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañazaca? popularity and diffusion

It is the 301,281st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,779,180 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cañazaca are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Andean South America.

This last name is most numerous in Peru, where it is borne by 1,255 people, or 1 in 25,326. In Peru Cañazaca is primarily concentrated in: Puno Region, where 78 percent live, Lima Province, where 10 percent live and Arequipa Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Peru this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Bolivia, where 0 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.

Cañazaca Last Name Statistics demography

Cañazaca earn a lot less than the average income. In Peru they earn 37.32% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,150 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canazaca9616/
Cañazca931/
Cañasaca88110/
Cañizaca884/
Cañazaka882/
Canasaca752/
Canizaca752/
Canasca672/
Cañasco671/
Conzaca671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Cañazaca
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