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    The surname Canoy

    A Cebuano surname, carried by 542 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canoy is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Cebuano origin

    Two main origins: * Variant of Kanoy, an Americanized form of German Kney. * Borrowed from Cebuano and Tagalog Canoy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 542 people named Canoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 467.

    #40,371
    rank among US surnames
    542
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.1%
    change since 2000 (was #43,546)

    Who is named Canoy

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

    68% of people named Canoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 25%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Canoy

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Canoy come from?
    Two main origins: * Variant of Kanoy, an Americanized form of German Kney. * Borrowed from Cebuano and Tagalog Canoy.
    How common is the surname Canoy?
    542 people in the United States had the surname Canoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. It ranked 40,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Canoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Canoy getting more or less common?
    More common. 467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 542 in 2010, up 16%.