Cañisa Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Cañisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 66 | 1:109,648 | 2,491 |
| Spain | 48 | 1:974,001 | 36,812 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Canisa (103) & Cañisá (8) are calculated separately.
Cañisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cañisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cañisa is found in Paraguay more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Canisa or Cañisá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañisa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cañisa is the 1,683,218th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Cañisa reside; 58 percent reside in South America and 56 percent reside in Paraguayan South America.
Cañisa is most prevalent in Paraguay, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 109,648. In Paraguay Cañisa is mostly concentrated in: Asunción, where 74 percent live, Central Department, where 14 percent live and Ñeembucú Department, where 6 percent live. Not including Paraguay it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 41 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canisa | 94 | 103 | / |
| Cañisá | 94 | 8 | / |
| Cañiesa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Cañiza | 83 | 4,755 | / |
| Cañiso | 83 | 53 | / |
| Cañesa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Cañusa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Chanisa | 77 | 20 | / |
| Canissa | 77 | 19 | / |
| Canisah | 77 | 17 | / |
| Caniosa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Canisia | 77 | 9 | / |
| Cañieso | 77 | 7 | / |
| Canisha | 77 | 4 | / |
| Caunisa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Canisağ | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cañizay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Canaisa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cannisa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Caniesa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cianisa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cañeiso | 77 | 1 | / |
| Changisa | 71 | 65 | / |
| Canisaya | 71 | 20 | / |
| Caniyosa | 71 | 15 | / |
| Chanisha | 71 | 11 | / |
| Cainisah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chanissa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Caineisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Channisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Canyissa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chainisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caneisha | 71 | 0 | / |
| Caniza | 67 | 2,310 | / |
| Cañeza | 67 | 1,370 | / |
| Kanisa | 67 | 1,053 | / |
| Cañizo | 67 | 650 | / |
| Canesa | 67 | 258 | / |
| Janisa | 67 | 173 | / |
| Sanisa | 67 | 161 | / |
| Canusa | 67 | 144 | / |
| Cañeja | 67 | 117 | / |
| Channissa | 67 | 107 | / |
| Canija | 67 | 98 | / |
| Caniça | 67 | 95 | / |
| Canica | 67 | 88 | / |
| Canisi | 67 | 78 | / |
| Cañuso | 67 | 42 | / |
| Cañeca | 67 | 37 | / |
| Caniso | 67 | 34 | / |
| Conisa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Canise | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zanisa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Connaissa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cangeisay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qanisa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cañico | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Cañisa
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