How common is the surname Canada?

9,819 people in the United States had the surname Canada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,444 Americans. It ranked 3,616th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Canada?

Ron Canada, American actor, followed by Jordin Canada.

Where is the surname Canada most common?

Wikidata records people named Canada in the United States.

How do you pronounce Canada?

Canada is /ˈkænədə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Canada getting more or less common?

More common. 8,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,819 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Canada

A French surname, carried by 9,819 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkænədə/ 3 syllables Soundex C530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canada is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

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.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,819 people named Canada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,444 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,910.

#3,616

rank among US surnames

9,819

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+10.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,663)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,607	Schott	9,842	31,370
#3,608	Kuykendall	9,841	31,373
#3,609	Ye	9,839	31,380
#3,610	Chou	9,834	31,396
#3,611	Caswell	9,827	31,418
#3,612	Weinberg	9,825	31,424
#3,613	McMurray	9,824	31,428

Who is named Canada

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

53% of people named Canada identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Canadas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ron Canada
American actor, born 1949
Jordin Canada
American basketball player (born 1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Canada

Canada has the Soundex code C530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C530.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Canada come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Canada?: 9,819 people in the United States had the surname Canada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,444 Americans. It ranked 3,616th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Canada?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Canada identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Canada?: Ron Canada, American actor, followed by Jordin Canada.
Where is the surname Canada most common?: Wikidata records people named Canada in the United States.
How do you pronounce Canada?: Canada is /ˈkænədə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Canada getting more or less common?: More common. 8,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,819 in 2010, up 10%.