Cánaves Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Cánaves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cánaves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Canaves (1,097), Cànaves (14), Canavés (1) & Canavês (1) are calculated separately.

Cánaves Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cánaves is found most in Spain. It can also be found in the variant forms: Canaves, Cànaves, Canavés or Canavês. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cánaves? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cánaves is the 5,213,395th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Cánaves occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Cánaves live; 50 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 50 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Spain, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 6,678,862. In Spain it is primarily found in: Balearic Islands, where 71 percent live, Andalusia, where 14 percent live and Navarre, where 14 percent live. Other than Spain this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 21 percent live and Chile, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canaves951,097/
Cànaves9514/
Canavés901/
Canavês901/
Cánoves869/
Canavese802,758/
Canaveis8021/
Scanaves803/
Canave77449/
Conave771/
Canavesse7539/
Canoves71529/
Canavez71365/
Canaver71275/
Casnave71176/
Canabes71114/
Canavea7146/
Cainave715/
Canavis714/
Canavey713/
Caneves713/
Cànoves711/
Conoves711/
Cangave711/
Connave711/
Conavie710/
Conaver710/
Conavey710/
Kanavets67512/
Scanavez67145/
Canovese67137/
Konavets6736/
Kounaves6710/
Cannaver673/
Canavèse672/
Janaveis671/
Canavece671/
Canavett671/
Ckonaver671/
Kanavesh671/
Canaveiz671/
Cannoves671/
Canneves671/
Canabese671/

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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
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  • 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 Cánaves
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