Cañiz Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Cañiz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 57 | 1:820,211 | 33,492 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Caniz (12,423) are calculated separately.
Cañiz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cañiz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cañiz is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Caniz. For other possible spellings of Cañiz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañiz? popularity and diffusion
Cañiz is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name Cañiz occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Cañiz reside; 95 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Spain, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 820,211. In Spain Cañiz is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 60 percent live, Aragon, where 26 percent live and Navarre, where 12 percent live. Besides Spain this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Bolivia, where 2 percent live and Peru, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caniz | 93 | 12,423 | / |
| Cañi | 89 | 378 | / |
| Cañis | 80 | 114 | / |
| Cañit | 80 | 87 | / |
| Ccañi | 80 | 63 | / |
| Cañai | 80 | 17 | / |
| Sañiz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Coñiz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cañ | 75 | 8 | / |
| Caniez | 73 | 189 | / |
| Canitz | 73 | 189 | / |
| Cangiz | 73 | 135 | / |
| Chaniz | 73 | 29 | / |
| Csaniz | 73 | 28 | / |
| Canisz | 73 | 8 | / |
| Chañis | 73 | 7 | / |
| Chañez | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cañnio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cañios | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cainez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cani | 67 | 14,001 | / |
| Changiz | 67 | 705 | / |
| Canizci | 67 | 75 | / |
| Camnitz | 67 | 54 | / |
| Caunitz | 67 | 36 | / |
| Comnaiz | 67 | 28 | / |
| Caignez | 67 | 26 | / |
| Chainez | 67 | 13 | / |
| Cañe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cannizz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kañi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chaneiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chauniz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cañí | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cañá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chanizz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cagnitz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cagniez | 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 Cañiz
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