Canary Surname
Approximately 2,841 people bear this surname
Canary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,770 | 1:204,779 | 20,096 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| South Africa | 188 | 1:288,179 | 28,102 |
| Iran | 92 | 1:834,593 | 41,130 |
| Philippines | 87 | 1:1,163,658 | 92,852 |
| Israel | 71 | 1:120,530 | 13,243 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Vietnam | 9 | 1:10,294,006 | 2,767 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 474 | 1:105,947 | 10,641 |
The alternate forms: Cañary (3) are calculated separately.
Canary (1,209) may also be a first name.
Canary Demographics
Average Male Canary Height
179.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Canary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canary (Arabic: كناري) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Cañary. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Canary? popularity and diffusion
The last name Canary is the 154,504th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,565,134 people. The last name Canary is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Canary are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Canary is also the 227,788th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 1,209 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,770 people, or 1 in 204,779. In The United States Canary is most numerous in: Nevada, where 12 percent live, Indiana, where 11 percent live and Kentucky, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Canary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canary has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Canary surname expanded 373 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 193 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Canary Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Canary surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Canary surname are 20.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.54% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Canary earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 15.4% less than the national average, earning R 201,048 per year; in United States they earn 1.95% more than the national average, earning $43,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.59% less than the national average, earning $47,402 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Canary Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Canary in the Arabic language | ||
| كناري | knary | - |
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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 Canary
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