Surname Cañas (Cañas 
, Canas ) , around the world, is a common last name. The family name Cañas is habitual in El Salvador, where it is a common surname, Colombia, where it is quite a common surname, and Portugal. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Colombia, El Salvador, and Mexico. Very seldom, Cañas is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Cañas, Canas | Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador, Spain |
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josé simeón cañas y villacorta Salvadoran politician (1767-1838), SV (b. 1767) |
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antonio josé cañas Salvadoran politician (1785-1844), SV (b. 1785) |
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| bartolomé cañas (b. 1729) |
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juan josé cañas Salvadoran diplomat (1826-1918), SV (b. 1826) |
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| eusebio cañas Spanish writer, ES (b. 1800) |
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| escolástico guillermo facundo calvo y cañas (b. 1799) |
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luis arrieta cañas Chilean politician, CL (b. 1861) |
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ricardo moreno cañas Costa Rican politician, CR (b. 1890) |
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| demetrio gutiérrez cañas ES (b. 1833) |
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| basilio allona y cañas Spanish author, ES (b. 1872) |
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carlos cañas Salvadoran painter, SV (b. 1924) |
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| rafaela contreras cañas (b. 1869) |
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luis cañas ES (b. 1928) |
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dionisio cañas Spanish poet and artist, ES (b. 1949) |
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| gabriel cañas Chilean actor, CL (b. 1901) |
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