Cañón Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Cañón Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cañón Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia331:1,447,69910,684
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Cañon (28,363), Cañòn (7), Canón (4), Canon (11,260), Canoñ (3), Cañoñ (3) & Cànon (1) are calculated separately.

Cañón Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cañón is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Cañon, Cañòn, Canón, Canon, Canoñ, Cañoñ or Cànon. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cañón? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cañón is the 2,075,631st most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Cañón reside; 56 percent reside in South America and 41 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most common in Colombia, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,447,699. In Colombia Cañón is mostly found in: Capital District, where 94 percent reside, Boyacá Department, where 3 percent reside and Nariño Department, where 3 percent reside. Besides Colombia this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 26 percent reside and Chile, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cañon9328,363/
Cañòn937/
Canón934/
Canon8711,260/
Canoñ873/
Cañoñ873/
Cañan8080/
Camón8019/
Cañun803/
Kañón801/
Cànon801/
Cañone7339/
Cañane7316/
Cauñan7312/
Cañion732/
Caiñan731/
Canñon731/
Chanón731/
Caññon731/
Canã671/
Cañahan671/
Chañane671/

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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 Cañón
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