How common is the surname Cann?

3,890 people in the United States had the surname Cann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,369 Americans. It ranked 8,479th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cann getting more or less common?

More common. 3,749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,890 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Cann

A surname, carried by 3,890 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cann is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,890 people named Cann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,369 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,749.

#8,479

rank among US surnames

3,890

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,142)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,475	Rondeau	3,894	79,288
#8,477	Reinhard	3,893	79,308
#8,478	Matute	3,892	79,328
#8,479	Cann	3,890	79,369

Who is named Cann

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

74% of people named Cann identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cann

Cann has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Questions

Where does the surname Cann come from?: * As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn.
How common is the surname Cann?: 3,890 people in the United States had the surname Cann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,369 Americans. It ranked 8,479th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cann?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Cann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cann getting more or less common?: More common. 3,749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,890 in 2010, up 3.8%.