How common is the surname Canning?

4,033 people in the United States had the surname Canning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,555 Americans. It ranked 8,227th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Canning?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Canning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Canning?

Canning is /ˈkæn.ɪŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Canning getting more or less common?

More common. 3,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,033 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Canning

A surname, carried by 4,033 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæn.ɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex C552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canning is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

* 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).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,033 people named Canning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,555 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,820.

#8,227

rank among US surnames

4,033

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,010)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,222	Fontanez	4,036	76,498
#8,225	Jahnke	4,035	76,517
#8,226	Bonin	4,034	76,536
#8,227	Canning	4,033	76,555
#8,228	Polito	4,032	76,574
#8,229	Colucci	4,031	76,593

Who is named Canning

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

94% of people named Canning identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Canning

Canning has the Soundex code C552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C552.

Questions

Where does the surname Canning come from?: * 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).
How common is the surname Canning?: 4,033 people in the United States had the surname Canning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,555 Americans. It ranked 8,227th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Canning?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Canning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Canning?: Canning is /ˈkæn.ɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Canning getting more or less common?: More common. 3,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,033 in 2010, up 5.6%.