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 most common in The Philippines. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macanaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,465,390th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Macanaya are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 28 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 712,945. In The Philippines Macanaya is mostly found in: Cagayan Valley, where 76 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 14 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 3 percent are found. Beside The Philippines Macanaya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.
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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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