What We Know About the Cancela Surname

Counting heads is the honest place to start with Cancela. From 1891 to 2000, 156 births in France were registered under Cancela. Spanish register data show 2,364 residents carrying Cancela as first surname, and 2,337 as second surname. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname. We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Cancela, the family's own records come first.

Sharing the Cancela name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Research your Cancela family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.