# Canal (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/canal/  
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) | 1,135 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,618 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 272,023 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (1,007 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canal 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) | 32% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Canal in Spain.

## People named Canal

- David Canal, Athletics (sport) competitor

## Similar surnames

Canela, Canale, Cannella, Cannell, Conley, Connolly, Connelly, Connell, Conwell, Channell, Chumley, Connally.

## 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.