How common is the surname Cannon?

71,085 people in the United States had the surname Cannon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,343 Americans. It ranked 466th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cannon?

Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (1863-1941), followed by Dyan Cannon.

Where is the surname Cannon most common?

Wikidata records people named Cannon in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Cannon?

Cannon is /ˈkænən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cannon getting more or less common?

More common. 67,923 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,085 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Cannon

A patronymic surname, carried by 71,085 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkænən/ 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). Cannon is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Canann (“descendant of Cana”), Ó Canáin (“descendant of Canán”), from cana (“wolf cub”). Comparable to McCann, McConnon, Connon. * As an English surname, from the noun canon. * As a French surname, variant of Canon.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 71,085 people named Cannon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,343 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 67,923.

#466

rank among US surnames

71,085

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #436)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#457	Potter	72,175	4,278
#458	Delacruz	72,109	4,282
#459	Montoya	71,844	4,297
#460	Todd	71,759	4,303
#461	Wu	71,721	4,305
#462	Hines	71,717	4,305
#463	Mullins	71,646	4,309

Who is named Cannon

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

70% of people named Cannon identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cannons

23 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer (1863-1941)
Dyan Cannon
American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer (born 1, born 1937
Walter Bradford Cannon
American physiologist (1871-1945)
Joseph Gurney Cannon
American politician (1836–1926)
Reggie Cannon
American soccer player, born 1998
Joe Cannon
American soccer player, born 1975
Kay Cannon
American screenwriter, producer, director, and actress, born 1974
J. D. Cannon
American actor (1922-2005)
Howard Cannon
American politician (1912–2002)
Billy Cannon
American football player (1937-2018)
Chris Cannon
American politician (1950–2024)
Larry Cannon
American basketball player (1947–2024)

Notable Cannons come mostly from the United States (22) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Channon

Surnames that sound like Cannon

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

Questions

Where does the surname Cannon come from?: * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Canann (“descendant of Cana”), Ó Canáin (“descendant of Canán”), from cana (“wolf cub”). Comparable to McCann, McConnon, Connon. * As an English surname, from the noun canon. * As a French surname, variant of Canon.
How common is the surname Cannon?: 71,085 people in the United States had the surname Cannon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,343 Americans. It ranked 466th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cannon?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Cannon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cannon?: Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (1863-1941), followed by Dyan Cannon.
Where is the surname Cannon most common?: Wikidata records people named Cannon in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Cannon?: Cannon is /ˈkænən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Cannon?: Cannon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Cannon getting more or less common?: More common. 67,923 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,085 in 2010, up 4.7%.
What are other spellings of Cannon?: Channon.