Find out how popular the last name Canlas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Canlas.

Canlas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Canlas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Canlas in America

Canlas is the 16765th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Canlas surname appeared 1,704 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Canlas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Canlas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Canlas

The surname Canlas is believed to have originated in Spain, dating back to the 16th or 17th century. It is a variant of the Spanish surname Canllas, which in turn derives from the Latin word "canna" meaning "reed" or "cane." The name may have been given to someone who lived near a place where reeds or canes grew.

One of the earliest known records of the surname Canlas is found in the parish records of the town of Almoguera, in the Spanish province of Guadalajara, where a family by the name of Canlas is mentioned in the late 1600s. It is possible that the name may have originated in this region or nearby areas.

In the 18th century, the surname Canlas began to spread across Spain and its colonies, including the Philippines, which was a Spanish colony at the time. The first recorded instance of the surname in the Philippines dates back to 1783, when a man named Juan Canlas was listed in the census of the town of Taal, Batangas.

In the 19th century, several notable individuals bore the surname Canlas. One of them was José Canlas y Altemir (1805-1879), a Spanish painter and engraver who was born in Valencia and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos.

Another distinguished bearer of the name was Manuel Canlas y Villafranca (1820-1895), a Spanish military officer and politician who served as the Governor-General of the Philippines from 1881 to 1888.

In the 20th century, one of the most prominent figures with the surname Canlas was Antonio Canlas (1900-1988), a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as a Senator in the Philippine Senate from 1949 to 1955.

Other notable individuals with the surname Canlas include José Canlas (1924-2008), a Filipino artist known for his modernist paintings and sculptures, and Arturo Canlas (born 1948), a Filipino-American mathematician and educator who has made significant contributions to the field of differential geometry.

While the surname Canlas may have originated in Spain and spread to other parts of the world, it has become particularly prevalent in the Philippines, where it is now considered a Filipino surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Canlas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Canlas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Canlas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Canlas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Canlas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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