Canelas

surname · Latin script

Meaning: feminine plural of canelo

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kanelas/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 5.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 6.8K
  • BRBrazil1 in 253K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Honduras (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Honduras, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

feminine plural of canelo

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Canelas 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 Canelas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HN Honduras#304≈1,800 est.≈1 in 5.2K—Canelas26
PT Portugal#437≈1,500 est.≈1 in 6.8K—Canelas66
BO Bolivia#464≈1,200 est.≈1 in 9.9K—Canelas32
BR Brazil—8371 in 253K837Canelas60
US United States—4151 in 802K526Canelas98
AO Angola—≈210 est.≈1 in 153K—Canelas8
UY Uruguay—311 in 109K31Canelas9

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.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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)

Canelas is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

    Also written Cañelas

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cañelas

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States

    Also written Cañelas

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Cañelas

  • Italian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cañelas

28 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Rosinha de Valença, b. 1941Albino Rubim, b. 1954Filipe Canelas, b. 1966Ivo Canelas, b. 1973Manuel Canelas, b. 1981Ángel Sastre, b. 1981

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Canelas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—837#10,843
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020526#44,069
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010415#50,362
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000240#74,957
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—31—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Canelas mean, and where does it come from?
feminine plural of canelo Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Canelas?
A machine transcription gives /kanelas/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Canelas have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Canelas in Honduras, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled canelas.
How common is the name Canelas?
In Brazil, the national register counted 837 people named Canelas, about 1 in 253 thousand residents.
How common is Canelas compared with other names?
In Honduras, Canelas is the 304th most common surname of 30,461 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Canelas” — the 304th most common surname in Honduras. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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