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    The surname Canup

    A German surname, carried by 1,398 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C510

    Canup: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Canup #19,348, 1,398 people Canup: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Canup #19,348, 1,398 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canup is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized spelling of German Knapp or Knopp.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,398 people named Canup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,414.

    #19,348
    rank among US surnames
    1,398
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,153)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,341Knapik1,399220,690
    #19,348Casarrubias1,398220,848

    Who is named Canup

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

    90% of people named Canup identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Canups

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robin M. Canup
      American astrophysicist, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Canupp

    Surnames that sound like Canup

    Canup has the Soundex code C510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C510.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Canup come from?
    Americanized spelling of German Knapp or Knopp.
    How common is the surname Canup?
    1,398 people in the United States had the surname Canup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. It ranked 19,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canup?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Canup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Canup?
    Robin M. Canup, American astrophysicist.
    Where is the surname Canup most common?
    Wikidata records people named Canup in the United States.
    Is the surname Canup getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,398 in 2010, down 1.1%.
    What are other spellings of Canup?
    Canupp.