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The surname Canez

A surname, carried by 1,874 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C520

Canez: #15,600 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Canez #15,600, 1,874 people Canez: #15,600 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Canez #15,600, 1,874 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canez is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,874 people named Canez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,508.

#15,600
rank among US surnames
1,874
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+24.3%
change since 2000 (was #17,282)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,595Puffer1,875164,664
#15,600Canez1,874164,752
#15,606Pines1,873164,840

Who is named Canez

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

92% of people named Canez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
  • Two or more races 0.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Canez

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

Questions

How common is the surname Canez?
1,874 people in the United States had the surname Canez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. It ranked 15,600th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Canez?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Canez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Canez getting more or less common?
More common. 1,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,874 in 2010, up 24%.