# Kanaan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kanaan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 598 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,288 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 516,297 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (402 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān). This surname is mostly found in Lebanon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kanaan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 6.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kanaan in Brazil.

## People named Kanaan

- Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver

## Similar surnames

Kannan, Keenan, Kenyon, Kennon, Kinman, Kamin, Kinyon, Kamen, Konen, Keenum, Koenen, Kenan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.