Cañenguez Surname

229,810th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Cañenguez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañenguez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador1,6581:3,826451
Guatemala571:282,1524,372
Panama171:230,1336,157
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

The alternate forms: Canenguez (166) & Cañénguez (6) are calculated separately.

Cañenguez Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cañenguez is found in El Salvador more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Canenguez or Cañénguez. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañenguez? popularity and diffusion

Cañenguez is the 229,810th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,135,951 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cañenguez are found; 99 percent are found in Central America and 99 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

The last name Cañenguez is most frequent in El Salvador, where it is held by 1,658 people, or 1 in 3,826. In El Salvador Cañenguez is most prevalent in: San Salvador Department, where 31 percent live, La Paz Department, where 29 percent live and La Libertad Department, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account El Salvador this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Guatemala, where 3 percent live and Panama, where 1 percent live.

Cañenguez Last Name Statistics demography

Cañenguez earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Peru they earn 95% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,800 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canenguez96166/
Cañénguez966/
Canengueiz841/
Canenguz823/
Canenquez7810/
Cananguez781/
Conimguez671/

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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 Cañenguez
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