# Canada (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/canada/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,819 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,616 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,444 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (8,910 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkænədə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”) (compare Onondaga gana꞉dá꞉yęʼ), ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-. See also "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canada in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Canada in the United States.

## People named Canada

- Ron Canada, American actor
- Jordin Canada, American basketball player (born 1995)

## Similar surnames

Canady, Cannady, Canaday, Candia, Cannata, Canedo, Cannaday, Chand, Cantu, Conde, Conti, Conte.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.