Canys Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Canys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Canys (3) may also be a first name.

Canys Last Name Facts

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

Canys is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canys? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 14,316,765th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Canys are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Canys is also the 7,463,778th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 3 people.

This last name is most common in France, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 66,422,722. In France Canys is mostly concentrated in: Occitanie, where 100 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chanys912/
Canyos911/
Caneys910/
Chaneys831/
Chanysz831/
Canes801,418/
Canis801,070/
Kanys808/
Chaney's772/
Caines737,884/
Chanis732,295/
Chanes731,673/
Caneus731,057/
Canese73832/
Caunes73635/
Canais73431/
Cannes73397/
Coneys73288/
Cagnes73253/
Canios73243/
Cannis73130/
Caynes73121/
Canges73106/
Catnis7344/
Khanys7336/
Cianis7330/
Kanysh7326/
Cianes7319/
Canies738/
Canisz738/
Caness737/
Canise737/
Caunis737/
Canois736/
Kanyos735/
Canish734/
Camnes733/
Catnes733/
Kanysz733/
Caanes733/
Kannys733/
Casnes732/
Canets731/
Ceanes731/
Zanysh731/
Caniss731/
Caneis731/
Caneas731/
Cañnes731/
Conyos731/
Connys731/
Kainys731/
Cangis730/
Coonys730/
Canesse67258/
Chainis67169/
Chanish67159/
Chanois67144/
Chaynes67138/
Caunois6798/
Canneus6762/
Cahanes6758/
Chanese6743/
Chaness6739/
Khaneys6725/
Chanios6723/
Channis6716/
Chaines6714/
Cangnes6710/
Cannese678/
Canniss677/
Chanise676/
Channes674/
Canhões674/
Cauniss673/
Cannies673/
Khainys673/
Zhaunys673/
Changis672/
Chaunis672/
Canisse672/
Canesch672/
Cannois672/
Cainges672/
Cooneys671/
Kaunysh671/
Quanysh671/
Canness671/
Cainese671/
Cainess671/
Cainnes671/
Chaunes671/
Cianese671/
Kajnysz671/
Cannais671/
Chaynès671/
Chanais671/
Chanesh671/
Chanhyz671/
Khanysh671/
Conneys670/
Cainesh670/
Sceanes670/
Canycht670/
Cauness670/
Camness670/
Cannish670/
Camnois670/
Canneas670/
Cainish670/
Cainees670/

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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 Canys
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