Canales is used as a family name or surname in Nicaragua. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Canales
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Nicaragua
Meaning: Common in Spain, means one who is from one of the many localities called Canales (eight cities in Spain and many hamlets or localities). The place name evokes the presence of irrigation canals.

How popular is Canales?

Canales is common in Nicaragua.

Canales is ranked 2942 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Canaleses grew by 40.29112 per cent to 24384 since 2000 and ranked 1462 after elevating 435 spots. The last name was found in around 83 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 91.66 90.82
White 6.57 7.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0.43
Black 0.62 0.69
Others 0.26 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0.23
Canales is quite popular family name mostly used in Mexico while Honduras is ahead in terms of density. Around 186839 people have been found who wears Canales as their family name. Canales is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
103,755 Czech Republic5
11,480 Japan4
2,011 South Korea4
1,021 Cuba4
2,113 Taiwan3
3,871 Paraguay2
1,333 Guam2
65,594 Belgium2
21,529 Singapore2
82,478 South Africa2
13,552 Qatar2
21,929 Algeria2
846 American Samoa1
25,746 Finland1
53,033 Nigeria1
30,360 Thailand1
3,350 Fiji1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
810,193 Indonesia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
36,814 Romania1
58,885 Poland1
2,715 Gabon1
7,191 Afghanistan1
53,505 Turkey1
21,562 Portugal1
40,340 Malaysia1
4,942 Libya1
17,575 Kuwait1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
251 Andorra36
20,103 Norway33
282,307 Russia27
14,963 Scotland26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
29,040 Denmark15
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,972 Australia87
39,248 Netherlands53
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Canales:
2,861 Colombia856
11,618 France796
18,203 Brazil715
23,918 Germany437
1,231 Panama310
12,682 Canada302
2,955 Bolivia243
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
2,669 Uruguay183
2,926 Dominican Republic180
26,770 England177
8,140 Austria157
8,235 Switzerland144
56,111 Italy123
Countries with thousands of Canales:
654 Spain8,354
1,348 Philippines7,669
199 El Salvador6,719
247 Costa Rica2,956
768 Guatemala2,460
2,501 Argentina1,941
271 Puerto Rico1,440
1,783 Venezuela1,380
1,556 Ecuador1,220
Countries with ten thousands of Canales:
428 Mexico43,500
62 Honduras27,685
201 Peru23,341
165 Chile23,114
2,140 United States18,883
123 Nicaragua10,891
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Comments

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Kymberly Brossard
 Canales is a midday family name, means the irrigation canal, characteristic peculiarity of the house, became the name of the owner.

Canales Namesakes

  • Jose Antonio Canales Rivera, Bullfighter
  • Anel Canales, Soccer player
  • Antonio Canales Rosillo, Politician
  • Conrado Canales, Actor
  • Johnny Canales, Singer
  • Lourdes Quiñones Canales, Politician
  • Johnny Canales, Singer
  • Nicolás Canales, Soccer player
  • Gustavo Canales, Soccer player
  • Jimena Canales, Writer
  • In 2016, Roman Canales portrayed the role of Diego Castell in comedy film Desert Drive.
  • Philippe Canales characterized the pivotal character of N in 2012 drama film Leviathan.

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