Canalla

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Canalla is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 463K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CLChile≈1 in 1.8M
  • ESSpain≈1 in 2.2M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (inferred from the name graph)

≈98 people, est.

Sources
14 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 463K (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Canalla counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Canalla is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina≈98 est.≈1 in 463KCanalla14
ES Spain≈23 est.≈1 in 2.2MCanalla7
US United States≈13 est.≈1 in 25MCanalla8
CL Chile≈10 est.≈1 in 1.8MCanalla1
FR France≈5 est.≈1 in 14MCanalla1
CO Colombia≈5 est.≈1 in 9.4MCanalla4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Canalla is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Spain

    Also written Cànàllà

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Canalla is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Spanish, rabble, riff-raff, canaille

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, canaille

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Catalan, children

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Canalla under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Canalla have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 98 people named Canalla in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled canalla.
How common is the name Canalla?
Mondonomo estimates about 98 people in Argentina have Canalla as their first surname, about 1 in 463 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Canalla”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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