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    The surname Canon

    A place surname, carried by 2,644 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C550

    Canon: #11,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Canon #11,839, 2,644 people Canon: #11,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Canon #11,839, 2,644 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canon is more common than 92.7% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Cannon. * As a French topographical surname, from placenames derived from canne (“reed, cane, tube”). * As a Chaldean/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic surname, variant of Kanon, Kanoun, from [script needed] (Kānūn), the Classical Syriac name of the ninth and tenth months of the Assyrian calendar, from ܟܢܘܢ ܒ.

    Canon is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,644 people named Canon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,772 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,405.

    #11,839
    rank among US surnames
    2,644
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,924)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,836Sethi2,645116,728
    #11,839Begin2,644116,772
    #11,843Demuth2,643116,816
    #11,846Nordin2,642116,861

    Who is named Canon

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

    69% of people named Canon identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.2%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Canons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hans Canon
      Austrian painter (1829-1885)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Canon

    Canon 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 Canon come from?
    * As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Cannon. * As a French topographical surname, from placenames derived from canne (“reed, cane, tube”). * As a Chaldean/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic surname, variant of Kanon, Kanoun, from [script needed] (Kānūn), the Classical Syriac name of the…
    How common is the surname Canon?
    2,644 people in the United States had the surname Canon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,772 Americans. It ranked 11,839th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canon?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Canon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Canon?
    Hans Canon, Austrian painter (1829-1885).
    Where is the surname Canon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Canon in the Austrian Empire.
    What type of surname is Canon?
    Canon is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Canon getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,644 in 2010, up 9.9%.