Cannigan Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Cannigan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 24 | 1:119,581 | 4,532 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Cannigan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cannigan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cannigan is carried by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cannigan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Cannigan reside; 80 percent reside in Caribbean and 80 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.
The surname is most numerous in Jamaica, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 119,581. In Jamaica Cannigan is primarily found in: Middlesex County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Jamaica it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Cannigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cannigan has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Cannigan surname contracted 29 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannighan | 94 | 0 | / |
| Canigan | 93 | 52 | / |
| Kannigan | 88 | 223 | / |
| Jannigan | 88 | 5 | / |
| Catnigan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Canuigan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Connigan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Canighan | 88 | 0 | / |
| Sannigan | 88 | 0 | / |
| Connighan | 82 | 4 | / |
| Cannigham | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kannigant | 82 | 2 | / |
| Zangnigan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Canigahan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanigan | 80 | 203 | / |
| Janigan | 80 | 96 | / |
| Sanigan | 80 | 38 | / |
| Canegan | 80 | 32 | / |
| Conigan | 80 | 24 | / |
| Canugan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Canigon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Canigam | 80 | 0 | / |
| Janighan | 75 | 49 | / |
| Canigong | 75 | 24 | / |
| Connegan | 75 | 15 | / |
| Caneghan | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sanighan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kanighan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Caunugan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Jahnigan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Janigand | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jeanigan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Conighan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Canhegan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sainigan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kannugan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanigane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chanigon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chanegan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jannegan | 75 | 0 | / |
| Canigham | 75 | 0 | / |
| Caunnhigham | 74 | 1 | / |
| Zongnigan | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kannegant | 71 | 5 | / |
| Connigham | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sainighan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Conigahan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Janighane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Johnnigan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamnigan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Counighan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Jonigan | 67 | 44 | / |
| Conegan | 67 | 12 | / |
| Conugan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kanegan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Janigam | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sahanighan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kanugan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sonigan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cónegan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Janigon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chanaigoon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konigan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Conigon | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kenigan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Conigam | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Cannigan
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