Cães Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Cães Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cães Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: Caes (1,240) are calculated separately.

Cães Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cães is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Caes. For other potential spellings of Cães click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cães? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cães is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Cães is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Cães live; 67 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Luso-South America.

This surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Federal District, where 50 percent reside and São Paulo, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Brazil Cães occurs in one country. It is also found in Portugal, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caes921,240/
Ces862,933/
Ceus753,346/
Ches751,397/
Ceas75659/
Cess75439/
Coes75426/
Cees75203/
Ceis7587/
Ceys7534/
Cesh7513/
Cues7510/
Cehs758/
Kces752/
C'es751/
Ckes751/
Gces751/
Cqes751/
Cejas6751,127/
Cajes6710,852/
Chess673,033/
Cowes67370/
Cejes67315/
Cayes67243/
Cheas67206/
Cujes67140/
Chesh67129/
Cheis6796/
Coyes6795/
Cheys6770/
Cheus6767/
Chees6740/
Coues6731/
C'Est6727/
Caesh6720/
Ceass6719/
Ceans6716/
Ceyis6711/
Cejos6711/
Cuyes679/
Cehas678/
Caies678/
Ceies676/
Cejis675/
Cawes675/
Ceias675/
Cojes674/
Ceyas673/
Cuess673/
Ceiss673/
Caues672/
Cehes672/
Cesch672/
Ckess672/
Chejs672/
Coies671/
Qcesz671/
Cuezs671/
Cuies671/
Ceins671/
Ceius671/
Ceesh671/
Ceuss671/
Ceyos671/
Ceyes671/
Ceisz670/
Coess670/
Caess670/
Cgess670/

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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 Cães
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis