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    The surname Canale

    A surname, carried by 2,396 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C540

    Canale: #12,850 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Canale #12,850, 2,396 people Canale: #12,850 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Canale #12,850, 2,396 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canale is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,396 people named Canale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,859 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,291.

    #12,850
    rank among US surnames
    2,396
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,426)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,842Bridgers2,397128,805
    #12,850Camilo2,396128,859
    #12,856Cliff2,395128,913

    Who is named Canale

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

    90% of people named Canale identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Canale

    Canale has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Canale?
    2,396 people in the United States had the surname Canale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,859 Americans. It ranked 12,850th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canale?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Canale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Canale getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,396 in 2010, up 4.6%.