Canterbury Surname

74,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Canterbury Surname User-submission:

This is an English surname, denoting someone who came from Canterbury (fortified town for the Kentish people), in Kent, south-east England.

Canterbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,6681:63,9487,484
South Africa2591:209,18022,201
Guyana1581:4,824854
England1581:352,64625,413
New Zealand1171:38,7046,577
Australia981:275,46624,785
Wales331:93,7747,567
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Trinidad and Tobago191:71,7885,445
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
France91:7,380,302306,885
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland321:138,4337,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1121:217,63716,750
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3791:132,50312,654

Canterbury (121) may also be a first name.

Canterbury Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is an English surname, denoting someone who came from Canterbury (fortified town for the Kentish people), in Kent, south-east England.

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Canterbury Last Name Facts

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

Canterbury occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Canterbury? popularity and diffusion

The last name Canterbury is the 74,438th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,103,672 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Canterbury live; 85 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 848,089th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 121 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 5,668 people, or 1 in 63,948. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: West Virginia, where 19 percent reside, Ohio, where 11 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and Guyana, where 2 percent reside.

Canterbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Canterbury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Canterbury last name expanded 1,496 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 141 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 825 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Canterbury Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Canterbury surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Canterbury are 8.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.06% being registered with the party.

The amount Canterbury earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 123.73% more than the national average, earning R 531,672 per year; in United States they earn 6.96% less than the national average, earning $40,144 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.62% less than the national average, earning $41,923 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scanterbury95162/
Canterburry959/
Casnterbury951/
Canteerbury950/
D'Canterbury911/
Conterbury903/
Cantervury902/
Camterbury901/
Kanterbury901/
Canterbory901/

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Canterbury Reference & Research

Canterbury FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Canterbury
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