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The surname Canlas

A surname, carried by 1,704 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C542

Canlas: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Canlas #16,765, 1,704 people Canlas: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Canlas #16,765, 1,704 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canlas is more common than 89.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,704 people named Canlas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,228.

#16,765
rank among US surnames
1,704
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+38.8%
change since 2000 (was #20,180)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,761Kafka1,705181,082
#16,765Curtsinger1,704181,189

Who is named Canlas

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

89% of people named Canlas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
  • Two or more races 3.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Canlas

Canlas has the Soundex code C542, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C542.

Questions

How common is the surname Canlas?
1,704 people in the United States had the surname Canlas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. It ranked 16,765th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Canlas?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Canlas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Canlas getting more or less common?
More common. 1,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,704 in 2010, up 39%.