Macanay Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Macanay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Macanay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macanay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Macanay is found most in The Philippines. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macanay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Macanay are found; 59 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 59 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 6,327,389. In The Philippines Macanay is most prevalent in: Central Luzon, where 44 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 25 percent reside and Eastern Visayas, where 13 percent reside. Beside The Philippines this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 26 percent reside and Taiwan, where 11 percent reside.
Macanay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Macanay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Macanay surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Macanay
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