Cañisales Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Cañisales Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañisales Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela201:1,510,20420,059
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
Colombia141:3,412,43415,450
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Canisales (459) are calculated separately.

Cañisales Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cañisales is held by more people in Venezuela than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Canisales. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañisales? popularity and diffusion

Cañisales is the 2,605,694th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Cañisales reside; 95 percent reside in South America and 62 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most prevalent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,510,204. In Venezuela Cañisales is mostly concentrated in: Bolívar, where 25 percent are found, Guárico, where 25 percent are found and Anzoátegui, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Venezuela it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 33 percent are found and Colombia, where 25 percent are found.

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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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  • 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 Cañisales
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