Cañizo Surname
Approximately 650 people bear this surname
Cañizo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 262 | 1:386,405 | 50,155 |
| Spain | 261 | 1:179,127 | 12,673 |
| Argentina | 64 | 1:667,866 | 46,303 |
| Mexico | 30 | 1:4,137,540 | 26,679 |
| Venezuela | 30 | 1:1,006,803 | 15,224 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
The alternate forms: Canizo (736) are calculated separately.
Cañizo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cañizo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cañizo occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Canizo. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañizo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cañizo is the 504,985th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 40 percent of Cañizo reside; 40 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 40 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 386,405. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Bicol, where 58 percent live, National Capital Region, where 16 percent live and Western Visayas, where 13 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 40 percent live and Argentina, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canizo | 94 | 736 | / |
| Cañiezo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Cañiza | 83 | 4,755 | / |
| Cañezo | 83 | 1,425 | / |
| Cañiso | 83 | 53 | / |
| Cañico | 83 | 2 | / |
| Cañuzo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Canizzo | 77 | 280 | / |
| Canizio | 77 | 278 | / |
| Caniezo | 77 | 258 | / |
| Cannizo | 77 | 18 | / |
| Cañieso | 77 | 7 | / |
| Canizos | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chanizo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Caniozo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cañeiso | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cannizzo | 71 | 4,786 | / |
| Canniezo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caneizio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Canizzio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cannizio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caniza | 67 | 2,310 | / |
| Cañeza | 67 | 1,370 | / |
| Canico | 67 | 855 | / |
| Sanizo | 67 | 795 | / |
| Caniço | 67 | 277 | / |
| Canezo | 67 | 142 | / |
| Cañisa | 67 | 117 | / |
| Canuzo | 67 | 102 | / |
| Canijo | 67 | 51 | / |
| Cañuso | 67 | 42 | / |
| Caniso | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kanizo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Cannizzio | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cañejo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cañisá | 67 | 8 | / |
| Zanizo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cannoizzo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cannizzxo | 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 Cañizo
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