The Canas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,832 people carried this name — #6,937 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 45% from 3,340 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,887 people named Canas 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Canas.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Canas live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Canas in American newspapers,
1920–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 387,415 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Canas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pere Canas Valldeoriola 1874–1951 · presbyter
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Dario Canas 1884–1966 · politician
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Dario Canas 1884–1966 · politician
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Gabriel Canas Padrós 1888–1963 · presbyter
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Alicia Canas Cortazar 1947– · visual artist
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Vitalino Canas 1959– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Canas.
- Canal 1,135 · U.S. census
- Canale 2,396 · U.S. census
- Canales 24,384 · U.S. census
- Canali 175 · U.S. census
- Canals 395 · U.S. census
- Canard 440 · U.S. census
- Canava 189 · U.S. census
- Cancel 3,801 · U.S. census
- Cancellieri 356 · U.S. census
- Canda 379 · U.S. census
- Candel 111 · U.S. census
- Candela 2,346 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Canas is.
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