# Canning (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,033 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,227 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 76,555 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (3,820 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæn.ɪŋ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* The civil parish in New Brunswick is likely named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827). * The village in Nova Scotia is named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canning 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Cunningham, Channing, Cunnington, Cummings, Cummins, Cumming, Chewning, Commons, Chowning, Cumings, Cuming.

## 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.