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    The surname Canete

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 1,007 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C530

    Canete: #24,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Canete #24,747, 1,007 people Canete: #24,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Canete #24,747, 1,007 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canete is more common than 84.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Anglicization of Spanish Cañete, a common Hispanic and Filipino surname, from cañete, or of toponymic origin.

    Canete is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,007 people named Canete in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,599 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 574.

    #24,747
    rank among US surnames
    1,007
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +75.4%
    change since 2000 (was #36,716)

    Who is named Canete

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

    49% of people named Canete identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 42% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 49%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 42%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    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 Canete

    Canete has the Soundex code C530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C530.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Canete come from?
    Anglicization of Spanish Cañete, a common Hispanic and Filipino surname, from cañete, or of toponymic origin.
    How common is the surname Canete?
    1,007 people in the United States had the surname Canete in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,599 Americans. It ranked 24,747th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canete?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Canete identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 42% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Canete?
    Canete is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Canete getting more or less common?
    More common. 574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,007 in 2010, up 75%.