How common is the surname Cannan?

741 people in the United States had the surname Cannan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. It ranked 31,285th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cannan?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cannan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cannan?

Edwin Cannan, British economist (1861–1935).

Where is the surname Cannan most common?

Wikidata records people named Cannan in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cannan getting more or less common?

Less common. 752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 741 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Cannan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 741 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cannan is more common than 80.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Cannan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 741 people named Cannan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 752.

#31,285

rank among US surnames

741

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #29,570)

Who is named Cannan

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

92% of people named Cannan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cannans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edwin Cannan
British economist (1861–1935)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Canan

Surnames that sound like Cannan

Cannan has the Soundex code C550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C550.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cannan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Canann (“descendant of Canán”), a personal name derived from cano (“wolf cub”).
How common is the surname Cannan?: 741 people in the United States had the surname Cannan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. It ranked 31,285th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cannan?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cannan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cannan?: Edwin Cannan, British economist (1861–1935).
Where is the surname Cannan most common?: Wikidata records people named Cannan in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Cannan?: Cannan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Cannan getting more or less common?: Less common. 752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 741 in 2010, down 1.5%.
What are other spellings of Cannan?: Canan.