Cañénguez Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Cañénguez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cañénguez Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador51:1,268,7784,375
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Cañenguez (1,762) & Canenguez (166) are calculated separately.

Cañénguez Last Name Facts

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

Cañénguez is most common in El Salvador. It may also occur as a variant: Cañenguez or Canenguez. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañénguez? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,593,402nd most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cañénguez live; 83 percent live in Central America and 83 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in El Salvador, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,268,778. Without taking into account El Salvador it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cañenguez961,762/
Canenguez93166/
Cananguez781/
Canengueiz741/
Canenguz713/
Canenquez6710/
Conimguez671/

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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 Cañénguez
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