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    The surname Kanu

    A surname, carried by 1,070 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K500

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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). Kanu is more common than 85.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,070 people named Kanu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. That is up 85% since 2000, when the Census counted 578.

    #23,675
    rank among US surnames
    1,070
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +85.1%
    change since 2000 (was #36,531)

    Who is named Kanu

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

    94% of people named Kanu identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kanu

    Kanu has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kanu?
    1,070 people in the United States had the surname Kanu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. It ranked 23,675th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kanu?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kanu identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kanu getting more or less common?
    More common. 578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,070 in 2010, up 85%.