da Cancela Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

da Cancela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

da Cancela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

da Cancela Last Name Facts

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

The last name da Cancela is found most in Portugal. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name da Cancela? popularity and diffusion

The surname da Cancela is the 7,593,402nd most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of da Cancela live; 67 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most common in Portugal, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,604,560. Outside of Portugal this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Cancela901/
de Cangela801/
do Concelho672/
de Concili601/
di Concilio57327/
de Concilio57216/
do Conselho57175/
de Concilis5737/
de Conselho573/
de Concilys572/
de Congelio571/
do Conselio571/
do Concilio571/
dos Conselhos525/
di Consolo5050/
do Consolo5016/
de Conzolo509/
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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 da Cancela
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