Macanaya Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Macanaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 142 | 1:712,945 | 71,974 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Macanaya (28) may also be a first name.
Macanaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macanaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Macanaya is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Macanaya? popularity and diffusion
Macanaya is the 1,465,390th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Macanaya is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Macanaya reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Macanaya is also the 1,994,417th most numerous given name globally, held by 28 people.
The surname Macanaya is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 712,945. In The Philippines Macanaya is most numerous in: Cagayan Valley, where 76 percent live, National Capital Region, where 14 percent live and Central Luzon, where 3 percent live. Not including The Philippines it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 1 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
- 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 Macanaya
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