Cannington Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Cannington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cannington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3811:951,33670,955
Australia831:325,24927,873
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:487,50726,996
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Cannington Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cannington Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cannington is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cannington? popularity and diffusion

It is the 648,005th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Cannington live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 381 people, or 1 in 951,336. In The United States Cannington is primarily found in: Georgia, where 54 percent live, South Carolina, where 4 percent live and Alabama, where 3 percent live. Besides The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Cannington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cannington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cannington surname grew 1,058 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cannington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cannington surname are 29.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.09% being registered to vote for the political party.

Cannington earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.73% more than the national average, earning $44,757 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Canington95113/
Connington90293/
Sannington900/
Cainington900/
Conington8479/
Kanington842/
Konnington800/
Comnington800/
Keinnington760/
Kenington74166/
Conyngton740/
Keenington701/

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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 Cannington
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