Cannister Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Cannister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cannister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:7,551,228341,161
England391:1,428,66862,556
Curaçao371:4,250100
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Aruba11:103,4772,586
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Cannister Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cannister is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Cannister click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cannister? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,422,956th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Cannister reside; 32 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 7,551,228. In The United States Cannister is mostly found in: Georgia, where 48 percent live, Massachusetts, where 13 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 13 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent live and Curaçao, where 24 percent live.

Cannister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cannister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cannister last name expanded 960 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 355 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cannister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cannister surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.

Cannister earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.09% less than the national average, earning $38,362 USD per year.

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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 Cannister
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