Kañas Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kañas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kanas (1,877), Kanaş (294), Kanás (127), Kanaś (64), Kanaš (26) & Kanáš (1) are calculated separately.
Kañas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kañas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kañas is carried by more people in Peru than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Kanas, Kanaş, Kanás, Kanaś, Kanaš or Kanáš. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kañas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Kañas are found; 59 percent are found in South America and 53 percent are found in Andean South America.
The surname Kañas is most commonly used in Peru, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,531,569. In Peru it is mostly concentrated in: Amazonas Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Peru this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 18 percent live and Mexico, where 12 percent live.
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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 Kañas
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