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 in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cannot? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cannot is the 2,414,640th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Cannot live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used forename globally It is held by 19 people.
The last name Cannot is most common in France, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,383,807. In France Cannot is most frequent in: Normandy, where 52 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 25 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent are found. Beside France it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
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