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    The surname Cannady

    A surname, carried by 5,172 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C530

    Cannady: #6,548 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cannady #6,548, 5,172 people Cannady: #6,548 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cannady #6,548, 5,172 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cannady is more common than 96% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,172 people named Cannady in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,696 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,862.

    #6,548
    rank among US surnames
    5,172
    people in 2010
    1.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,442)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,540Delosreyes5,17759,638
    #6,542Leffler5,17659,649
    #6,546Berglund5,17359,684
    #6,548Cannady5,17259,696
    #6,551Peppers5,17159,707
    #6,555Mak5,17059,719

    Who is named Cannady

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

    52% of people named Cannady identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 52%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cannady

    Cannady has the Soundex code C530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cannady?
    5,172 people in the United States had the surname Cannady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,696 Americans. It ranked 6,548th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cannady?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Cannady identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cannady getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,172 in 2010, up 6.4%.