Cañiga Surname
6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines
Cañiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
The alternate forms: Caniga (353) & Čaniga (313) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caniga | 94 | 353 | / |
| Cañiega | 92 | 2 | / |
| Čaniga | 89 | 313 | / |
| Cañega | 83 | 1,297 | / |
| Cauñga | 83 | 47 | / |
| Zañiga | 83 | 5 | / |
| Jañiga | 83 | 4 | / |
| Cañigo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Chaniga | 77 | 31 | / |
| Caniega | 77 | 14 | / |
| Caañgay | 77 | 9 | / |
| Canigas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Canigai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Canoiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zauñiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Canniga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cañge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tchaniga | 71 | 337 | / |
| Janiga | 67 | 3,133 | / |
| Saniga | 67 | 343 | / |
| Kaniga | 67 | 147 | / |
| Cañego | 67 | 120 | / |
| Canega | 67 | 39 | / |
| Jañega | 67 | 33 | / |
| Soñiga | 67 | 17 | / |
| Coniga | 67 | 11 | / |
| Canigo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zaniga | 67 | 6 | / |
| Canuga | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zoñiga | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cannigapp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sañega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canigó | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canige | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Cañiga
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis