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 last name Cañón is found in Colombia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Cañon, Cañòn, Canón, Canon, Canoñ, Cañoñ or Cànon. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cañón? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,075,631st most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Cañón live; 56 percent live in South America and 41 percent live in Caribbean South America.
The last name is most frequently held in Colombia, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,447,699. In Colombia it is primarily found in: Capital District, where 94 percent are found, Boyacá Department, where 3 percent are found and Nariño Department, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Colombia this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common 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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