# Canady (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/canady/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,958 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,970 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,466 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (8,474 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canady 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Canady in the United States.

## People named Canady

- Alexa Canady, American physician specializing in neurosurgery
- Charles T. Canady, American politician and judge

## Similar surnames

Canada, Canty, Cannady, Canaday, Candia, Cannata, Canedo, Cannaday, Cantey, Cundy, Chand, Cantu.

## 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.