How common is the surname Canady?

8,958 people in the United States had the surname Canady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,466 Americans. It ranked 3,970th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Canady?

Alexa Canady, American physician specializing in neurosurgery, followed by Charles T. Canady.

Where is the surname Canady most common?

Wikidata records people named Canady in the United States.

Is the surname Canady getting more or less common?

More common. 8,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,958 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Canady

A surname, carried by 8,958 people in the United States.

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). Canady is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,958 people named Canady in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,466 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,474.

#3,970

rank among US surnames

8,958

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,852)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,961	Bourque	8,973	34,408
#3,962	Wilks	8,972	34,412
#3,964	Jankowski	8,970	34,420
#3,965	Simonson	8,968	34,427
#3,966	Kwan	8,965	34,439
#3,967	Evangelista	8,964	34,443
#3,968	Rau	8,961	34,454

Who is named Canady

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

49% of people named Canady identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Canadys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexa Canady
American physician specializing in neurosurgery, born 1950
Charles T. Canady
American politician and judge, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Canady

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

Questions

How common is the surname Canady?: 8,958 people in the United States had the surname Canady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,466 Americans. It ranked 3,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Canady?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Canady identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Canady?: Alexa Canady, American physician specializing in neurosurgery, followed by Charles T. Canady.
Where is the surname Canady most common?: Wikidata records people named Canady in the United States.
Is the surname Canady getting more or less common?: More common. 8,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,958 in 2010, up 5.7%.