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
Canary Political Affiliation
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Canary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canary (Arabic: كناري) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Cañary. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canary? popularity and diffusion
The surname Canary is the 154,504th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,565,134 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Canary live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 227,788th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 1,209 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,770 people, or 1 in 204,779. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Nevada, where 12 percent are found, Indiana, where 11 percent are found and Kentucky, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 14 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.
Canary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canary has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 373 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 193 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Canary Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Canary surname are 20.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.54% being 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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