Cañeza Surname
Approximately 1,370 people bear this surname
Cañeza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,368 | 1:74,005 | 12,777 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Caneza (156) are calculated separately.
Cañeza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cañeza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cañeza is found most in The Philippines. It can occur in the variant forms: Caneza. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cañeza.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañeza? popularity and diffusion
Cañeza is the 281,605th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,319,377 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Cañeza are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,368 people, or 1 in 74,005. In The Philippines Cañeza is most common in: Bicol, where 47 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 23 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 19 percent reside. Beside The Philippines Cañeza occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 0 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caneza | 94 | 156 | / |
| Cañiza | 83 | 4,755 | / |
| Cañezo | 83 | 1,425 | / |
| Cañeja | 83 | 117 | / |
| Cañoza | 83 | 74 | / |
| Cañeca | 83 | 37 | / |
| Cañesa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Cañaza | 83 | 3 | / |
| Canezza | 77 | 156 | / |
| Canieza | 77 | 8 | / |
| Cañezer | 77 | 6 | / |
| Cañiezo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Cañejas | 77 | 3 | / |
| Cañizay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Canezas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Caneiza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cañiesa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cañge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chaneeza | 71 | 5 | / |
| Changeza | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kaneza | 67 | 79,609 | / |
| Canaza | 67 | 15,559 | / |
| Canoza | 67 | 2,858 | / |
| Caniza | 67 | 2,310 | / |
| Cañizo | 67 | 650 | / |
| Caneja | 67 | 594 | / |
| Caneca | 67 | 343 | / |
| Canesa | 67 | 258 | / |
| Canezo | 67 | 142 | / |
| Cañosa | 67 | 140 | / |
| Cañisa | 67 | 117 | / |
| Coneza | 67 | 72 | / |
| Cañasa | 67 | 66 | / |
| Zaneza | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cañejo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cañaso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Conaza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cañozo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Canexa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saneza | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Cañeza
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