Cañizares Surname

34,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Cañizares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañizares Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain6,0901:7,677932
Colombia3,6201:13,1971,241
Philippines2,7471:36,8545,670
Argentina1,4751:28,9792,427
Ecuador7841:20,2882,855
Venezuela3661:82,5253,275
Mexico2661:466,6408,631
Chile551:320,3009,085
Andorra261:3,225636
Cuba101:1,152,2726,837
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Panama71:558,8949,437
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

The alternate forms: Canizares (7,475) & Canizarès (3) are calculated separately.

Cañizares Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cañizares is more frequently found in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Canizares or Canizarès. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañizares? popularity and diffusion

It is the 34,245th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 470,711 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Cañizares live; 41 percent live in South America and 39 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Spain, where it is borne by 6,090 people, or 1 in 7,677. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Valencian Community, where 20 percent reside, Andalusia, where 19 percent reside and Madrid, where 19 percent reside. Not including Spain it occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 23 percent reside and The Philippines, where 18 percent reside.

Cañizares Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Cañizares earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 64.35% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,860 per year and in Colombia they earn 28.01% less than the national average, earning $16,342,600 COP per year.

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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 Cañizares
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