Canahan Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Canahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
The alternate forms: Cañahan (1) are calculated separately.
Canahan (122) may also be a first name.
Canahan Demographics
Canahan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Canahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canahan (Hindi: चनहान) is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant: Cañahan. Click here for further potential spellings of Canahan.
How Common Is The Last Name Canahan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Canahan is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Canahan are found; 47 percent are found in South America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Canahan is also the 844,248th most common given name globally It is held by 122 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 31 percent live, Texas, where 23 percent live and Indiana, where 15 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 28 percent live and Venezuela, where 16 percent live.
Canahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canahan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Canahan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Canahan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.56% more than the national average, earning $43,389 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Canahan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Canahan in the Hindi language | ||
| चनहान | canahana | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Canahan
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