Cañua Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Cañua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 55 | 1:577,893 | 15,104 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
The alternate forms: Canua (595) are calculated separately.
Cañua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cañua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cañua occurs most in Peru. It may also appear in the variant forms: Canua. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañua? popularity and diffusion
Cañua is the 2,483,783rd most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Cañua reside; 92 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Andean South America.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Peru, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 577,893. In Peru Cañua is mostly concentrated in: Pasco Region, where 98 percent are found and Lima Province, where 2 percent are found. Barring Peru this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canua | 93 | 595 | / |
| Cañihua | 83 | 81 | / |
| Ccañihua | 77 | 598 | / |
| Caumba | 73 | 1,998 | / |
| Cañeba | 73 | 610 | / |
| Canuas | 73 | 168 | / |
| Chanua | 73 | 162 | / |
| Cañeva | 73 | 9 | / |
| Canhua | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cañiba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Canuay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Canjua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Canuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Canuat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chaumba | 67 | 805 | / |
| Chanuah | 67 | 20 | / |
| Canihua | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kañihua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Channua | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chanhua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chainua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Canuhay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chanwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaunwa | 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 Cañua
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