# Canary (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/canary/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,033 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,288 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 298,882 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (1,051 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canary 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Canary in the United States.

## People named Canary

- David Canary, American actor (1938–2015)
- Calamity Jane, American scout and frontierswoman

## Similar surnames

Camara, Conner, Connor, Comer, Conroy, Coomer, Chamorro, Connery, Chmura, Chenier, Camero, Camire.

## 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.