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    The surname Cannella

    An Italian surname, carried by 2,325 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C540

    Cannella: #13,158 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cannella #13,158, 2,325 people Cannella: #13,158 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cannella #13,158, 2,325 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cannella is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Cannella.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,325 people named Cannella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,794 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,019.

    #13,158
    rank among US surnames
    2,325
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,759)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,153Washam2,327132,680
    #13,155Huezo2,326132,737
    #13,158Cannella2,325132,794
    #13,160Neuhaus2,324132,851
    #13,165Pettyjohn2,323132,908
    #13,166Ziemer2,322132,965

    Who is named Cannella

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

    93% of people named Cannella identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cannella

    Cannella has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cannella come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Cannella.
    How common is the surname Cannella?
    2,325 people in the United States had the surname Cannella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,794 Americans. It ranked 13,158th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cannella?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cannella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cannella getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,325 in 2010, up 15%.