The Canale surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,291 people carried this name — #12,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 520 people named Canale.
153 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Corsica.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 68 people named Canale live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Canale live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Canale.
- Campus 468 · U.S. census
- Camus 649 · U.S. census
- Can 734 · U.S. census
- Canada 8,910 · U.S. census
- Canadas 121 · U.S. census
- Canal 1,007 · U.S. census
- Canales 17,381 · U.S. census
- Canali 203 · U.S. census
- Canals 315 · U.S. census
- Canard 426 · U.S. census
- Canas 3,340 · U.S. census
- Canava 206 · U.S. census
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