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    The surname Cancio

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,045 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cancio is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Of Spanish, a surname common in the Philippines, Cuba, and Asturias (in Spain)

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,045 people named Cancio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,450 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 716.

    #24,090
    rank among US surnames
    1,045
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.9%
    change since 2000 (was #30,716)

    Who is named Cancio

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    62% of people named Cancio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 62%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 26%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cancio

    Cancio has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cancio come from?
    Of Spanish, a surname common in the Philippines, Cuba, and Asturias (in Spain)
    How common is the surname Cancio?
    1,045 people in the United States had the surname Cancio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,450 Americans. It ranked 24,090th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cancio?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Cancio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Cancio getting more or less common?
    More common. 716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,045 in 2010, up 46%.