Cannot Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Cannot Surname Definition:
From the Flemish, Canoodt; from the French, Carnot; from the Old Norse, Knútr; from the Danish, Knud, Knuth; a personal name.$
Cannot Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Cannot (19) may also be a first name.
Cannot Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the Flemish, Canoodt; from the French, Carnot; from the Old Norse, Knútr; from the Danish, Knud, Knuth; a personal name.$
Cannot Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cannot Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cannot occurs most in France. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cannot? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,414,640th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Cannot reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
This surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,383,807. In France it is most frequent in: Normandy, where 52 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 25 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent live. Apart from France it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
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