Cañejo Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cañejo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañejo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Canejo (660) & Canêjo (8) are calculated separately.

Cañejo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cañejo is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Canejo or Canêjo. For other potential spellings of Cañejo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañejo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cañejo is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Cañejo live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

Cañejo is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 9,203,475. In The Philippines Cañejo is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 73 percent are found, Bicol, where 9 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Colombia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canejo94660/
Cañejos923/
Canêjo898/
Cañezo831,425/
Cañeja83117/
Sañejo8392/
Coñejo8314/
Coñejos77252/
Caneijo7715/
Cañieso777/
Canejos774/
Cañiezo774/
Cañesco774/
Cañejas773/
Cañeiso771/
Cañoa7383/
Cañae731/
Cañja731/
Canej731/
Conejo6720,272/
Cañeza671,370/
Cañizo67650/
Caneja67594/
Caneco67194/
Canezo67142/
Caneso67125/
Cañiso6753/
Canijo6751/
Cañeca6737/
Cañesa6732/
Janejo6732/
Camjoy6712/
Canjou6710/
Cangej676/
Kanejo675/
Canjoe675/
Caenoy673/
Cannej673/
Caiñoy672/
Canojo672/
Cañico672/
Cañaja671/
Qañeso671/
Canajo671/
Caenoi671/
Canjoa671/
Coñajo671/

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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 Cañejo
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