# Cannan (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 741 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,285 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 416,661 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (752 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Canan |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Canann (“descendant of Canán”), a personal name derived from cano (“wolf cub”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cannan 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cannan in the United Kingdom.

## People named Cannan

- Edwin Cannan, British economist (1861–1935)

## Similar surnames

Cannon, Canon, Canino, Cimino, Coenen, Conine, Coman, Cowman, Caamano, Counihan, Coonan.

## 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.