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The Canals surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 395 people carried this name — #52,482 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 25% from 315 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 267 people named Canals.

48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 48
Pyrénées-Orientales 47
Hérault 29
Haute-Garonne 19
Charente-Maritime 11
Loire 11
Drôme 10
Aude 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 264 people named Canals live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 134
City of Buenos Aires 45
Entre Ríos 19
Mendoza 19
Santa Fe 19
Córdoba 18
Tucumán 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Canals live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 10
Zurich 8
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Canals,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Salvador Canals Vilaró
    Salvador Canals Vilaró 1867–1938 · politician
  • Antoni Canals 1352–1419 · writer
  • Antoni Canals 1352–1419 · writer
  • Antoni Canals 1400–1419 · writer
  • Antoni Canals 1400–1419 · writer
  • Jaume Canals i Penya 1616–1679 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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