Cannon Surname
Approximately 121,858 people bear this surname
Cannon Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title, 'the Canon' (v. Shannon); compare Archdeacon, Bishop, PrieSt, Deacon, &c.
John le Cannon, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William le Canon. Oxfordshire, ibid.
1527.
Read More About This SurnameCannon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 94,322 | 1:3,843 | 420 |
| England | 11,123 | 1:5,009 | 699 |
| Australia | 5,323 | 1:5,072 | 730 |
| Canada | 2,718 | 1:13,556 | 1,997 |
| Ireland | 2,098 | 1:2,244 | 424 |
| Scotland | 1,586 | 1:3,376 | 594 |
| South Africa | 1,162 | 1:46,625 | 5,939 |
| Iraq | 844 | 1:41,495 | 1,762 |
| Wales | 520 | 1:5,951 | 664 |
| New Zealand | 371 | 1:12,206 | 2,120 |
| Northern Ireland | 225 | 1:8,200 | 1,376 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Lebanon | 172 | 1:32,774 | 3,270 |
| Thailand | 102 | 1:692,533 | 115,267 |
| Spain | 82 | 1:570,147 | 27,179 |
| Philippines | 72 | 1:1,406,086 | 101,646 |
| Germany | 71 | 1:1,133,880 | 74,985 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Isle of Man | 52 | 1:1,650 | 294 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Japan | 45 | 1:2,840,984 | 32,386 |
| Mexico | 41 | 1:3,027,468 | 22,993 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Tunisia | 38 | 1:16,069 | 2,601 |
| Peru | 36 | 1:882,892 | 18,060 |
| Argentina | 35 | 1:1,221,240 | 71,984 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Jordan | 12 | 1:736,870 | 14,651 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,953 | 1:2,268 | 427 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,749 | 1:5,133 | 778 |
| Scotland | 496 | 1:7,547 | 1,058 |
| Isle of Man | 133 | 1:408 | 81 |
| Wales | 69 | 1:22,731 | 1,304 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,183 | 1:3,103 | 364 |
The alternate forms: Canñon (1) & Caññon (1) are calculated separately.
Cannon (1,659) may also be a first name.
Cannon Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title, 'the Canon' (v. Shannon); compare Archdeacon, Bishop, PrieSt, Deacon, &c.
John le Cannon, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William le Canon. Oxfordshire, ibid.
1527. William Legheand Alice Cannon: Marriage Lic. (London).
1570. Baptised — Jone. d. Jeames Cannone: St. Michael, Cornhill.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Canon (Church Dignitary) [Middle English can(o)un, Old French canoine (French chanoine): Eccl.Latin canonicus, from Latin canon, the church-roll] William le Canon.—Hundred Rolls (Celtic) White Head [Irish Ceannfhionn (fh mute)—ceann, a head + fhionn, aspirated form of fionn, white]
Ó Canáin A sept of Uí Maine; Also the modern form of Ó Cananáin, a sept of Tirconnell. IF 73; Map Don
(English, Irish) A clergyman on the staff of a cathedral or important church; a member of a Canon's entourage; descendant of the wolf cub.
A canon, a member of an ecclesiastical order. See Ecclesiastical Surnames. In the H.R. Le Cannon, Le Canon, Canoun. There is a place called Canon, near Lisieux in Normandy.
Contracted from Mac Cannanain, ‘Cannanan’s Son', (ceann-fhionn, 'white head').
‘Canannan, son of Ceallach, Tanist of Ui Ceinnsealaigh', a.d. 950.
‘From the family of O’Cannanain, of Tirconnell, Letter- KENNY, in Donegal, received its name, which is a shortened form of Letter-Cannanan, the O’Cannanan's hill-slope.’
Galfridus and Radulfus Canonicus or Le Chanoin of Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Gilbert and Robert Canonicus occur in England, 1189 (Rot. Pip.).
From the French, Canonne; a personal name.
Cannon is an old name in this county, both at Nast Hyde in St. Peter's and at Clothall; there was a John Canon of Ware or Shenley in the time of Henry VI. (Cus.). In the 13th century the name occurred, usually in the form of Canon, in Oxfordshire, Hunts, Cambridgeshire, etc. (H. R.). There are a few representatives of the name in Somerset.
Cannon Demographics
Cannon Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Cannon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cannon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cannon is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Canñon or Caññon. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cannon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,611th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 59,804 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Cannon are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Cannon is also the 189,077th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,659 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 94,322 people, or 1 in 3,843. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Georgia, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States Cannon is found in 115 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Cannon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cannon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cannon surname grew 583 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 234 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 107 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 320 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 754 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cannon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (97%) in Ireland and Sunni (56%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Cannon surname are 13.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Cannon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.85% less than the national average, earning 228,938 kr per year; in Peru they earn 120.85% more than the national average, earning S/. 42,811 per year; in South Africa they earn 7.76% more than the national average, earning R 256,080 per year; in United States they earn 3.3% less than the national average, earning $41,723 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.83% more than the national average, earning $50,590 CAD per year.
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