Canovan Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Canovan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canovan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:8,429,278367,833
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
England321:1,741,18971,393
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland461:96,3016,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
Scotland241:155,9676,425
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1101:456,53332,843

Canovan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canovan is most common in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Canovan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,666,404th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Canovan live; 36 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 8,429,278. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 33 percent are found, New York, where 21 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 21 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 30 percent are found and England, where 27 percent are found.

Canovan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Canovan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Canovan last name contracted 61 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 11 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Canovan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Canovan last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States Canovan are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.

Canovan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.64% more than the national average, earning $50,761 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 Canovan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis