Cañez Surname
Approximately 2,920 people bear this surname
Cañez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2,841 | 1:43,691 | 2,399 |
| Chile | 58 | 1:303,732 | 8,727 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Canez (2,445), Cáñez (7), Càñez (1), Cánez (1) & Cànez (1) are calculated separately.
Cañez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cañez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cañez is found most frequently in Mexico. It can be found in the variant forms: Canez, Cáñez, Càñez, Cánez or Cànez. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañez? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 150,920th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,495,735 people. The last name Cañez occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cañez live; 98 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Hispano-North America.
The surname Cañez is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is carried by 2,841 people, or 1 in 43,691. In Mexico it is mostly concentrated in: Sonora, where 74 percent are found, Baja California, where 14 percent are found and Chihuahua, where 6 percent are found. Other than Mexico it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canez | 93 | 2,445 | / |
| Cáñez | 93 | 7 | / |
| Càñez | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cañezo | 91 | 1,425 | / |
| Cañeza | 91 | 1,370 | / |
| Cánez | 87 | 1 | / |
| Cànez | 87 | 1 | / |
| Cañiezo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Cañaz | 80 | 100 | / |
| Gañez | 80 | 98 | / |
| Coñez | 80 | 81 | / |
| Cañiz | 80 | 60 | / |
| Cañes | 80 | 54 | / |
| Cañoz | 80 | 8 | / |
| Cuñez | 80 | 7 | / |
| Caenz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Cañiza | 73 | 4,755 | / |
| Cañeso | 73 | 1,685 | / |
| Cañizo | 73 | 650 | / |
| Guañez | 73 | 303 | / |
| Caniez | 73 | 189 | / |
| Caneza | 73 | 156 | / |
| Canezo | 73 | 142 | / |
| Cañoza | 73 | 74 | / |
| Cañesa | 73 | 32 | / |
| Cuanez | 73 | 19 | / |
| Gañezo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Cannez | 73 | 7 | / |
| Cañeos | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ccoñez | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cayenz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Cañaza | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gañeza | 73 | 2 | / |
| Caonez | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cañozo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Canoez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cainez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cañnes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cañuzo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cuñezo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Canyez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cunaez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Caunez | 73 | 0 | / |
| Caniezo | 67 | 258 | / |
| Guañezo | 67 | 255 | / |
| Canz | 67 | 153 | / |
| Cayonez | 67 | 34 | / |
| Canieza | 67 | 8 | / |
| Cañieso | 67 | 7 | / |
| Cauneze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cañizay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Canauez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canezoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guyañez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caneiza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cañeiso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cañiesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuañizo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coya Yañez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cnaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caneus | 55 | 1,057 | / |
| Canneus | 50 | 62 | / |
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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 Cañez
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