How common is the surname Cancel?

3,801 people in the United States had the surname Cancel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,227 Americans. It ranked 8,649th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cancel getting more or less common?

More common. 3,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,801 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Cancel

A surname, carried by 3,801 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cancel is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,801 people named Cancel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,227 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,197.

#8,649

rank among US surnames

3,801

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+18.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,353)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,645	Shanklin	3,804	81,163
#8,646	Weeden	3,803	81,185
#8,648	Burdine	3,802	81,206
#8,649	Cancel	3,801	81,227
#8,650	Reichard	3,799	81,270
#8,651	Silvey	3,798	81,292

Who is named Cancel

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

84% of people named Cancel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
White (not Hispanic) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cancel

Cancel has the Soundex code C524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C524.

Questions

How common is the surname Cancel?: 3,801 people in the United States had the surname Cancel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,227 Americans. It ranked 8,649th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cancel?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cancel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cancel getting more or less common?: More common. 3,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,801 in 2010, up 19%.