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    The surname Cano

    A surname, carried by 37,368 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C500

    Cano: #931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cano #931, 37,368 people Cano: #931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cano #931, 37,368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cano is more common than 99.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 37,368 people named Cano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,262 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,179.

    #931
    rank among US surnames
    37,368
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.5%
    change since 2000 (was #1,185)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #922Finley37,6728,196
    #923Quintana37,6578,199
    #924Lynn37,6448,202
    #925Esquivel37,5788,216
    #926Bean37,5718,218
    #927Dodson37,5668,219
    #928Mullen37,5028,233

    Who is named Cano

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

    91% of people named Cano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Canos

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Germán Cano
      Argentine footballer, born 1988
    • Ricardo Cano
      Argentinian tennis player, born 1951
    • Harkaitz Cano
      Basque writer, born 1975

    Notable Canos come mostly from Argentina (2) and Spain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cano

    Cano has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cano?
    37,368 people in the United States had the surname Cano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,262 Americans. It ranked 931st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cano?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cano?
    Germán Cano, Argentine footballer, followed by Ricardo Cano.
    Where is the surname Cano most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cano in Argentina and Spain.
    Is the surname Cano getting more or less common?
    More common. 27,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,368 in 2010, up 38%.