Cañón Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Cañón Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 33 | 1:1,447,699 | 10,684 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
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 occurs more in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Cañon, Cañòn, Canón, Canon, Canoñ, Cañoñ or Cànon. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañón? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cañón is the 2,075,631st most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Cañón occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Cañón reside; 56 percent reside in South America and 41 percent reside in Caribbean South America.
This surname is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 1,447,699. In Colombia Cañón is most numerous in: Capital District, where 94 percent are found, Boyacá Department, where 3 percent are found and Nariño Department, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Colombia this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 26 percent are found and Chile, where 6 percent are found.
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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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