Canut Surname
Approximately 2,015 people bear this surname
Canut Surname User-submission:
Canu or Canut is a French surname, which means 'cane naked'. The artisans making fabrics were highly skilled, but the cost of the equipment to make fabric was extremely expensive and therefore were not able to own them back in the 15 to 18th.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 794 | 1:83,656 | 11,876 |
| Spain | 737 | 1:63,436 | 5,732 |
| Argentina | 107 | 1:399,471 | 30,635 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| Brazil | 87 | 1:2,460,625 | 75,139 |
| Philippines | 74 | 1:1,368,084 | 100,385 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Cuba | 14 | 1:823,051 | 6,140 |
| Andorra | 10 | 1:8,384 | 1,259 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Cănuț (1) are calculated separately.
Canut (183) may also be a first name.
Canut Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Canu or Canut is a French surname, which means 'cane naked'. The artisans making fabrics were highly skilled, but the cost of the equipment to make fabric was extremely expensive and therefore were not able to own them back in the 15 to 18th. centuries. While highly skilled they tend to not make a lot of money in the city, in which they work. When they went back to their village, the walk with their cane, which had a pouch attached to it. The pouch was where the belongings and cash was usually attached. They came back with not much or nothing (naked). The expression became the 'naked cane people' or canne nue, canu in French.
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Canut Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canut Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Canut is found most in France. It may occur as a variant: Cănuț. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canut? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 205,808th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,616,648 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Canut reside; 40 percent reside in Western Europe and 39 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Canut is also the 673,127th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 183 people.
This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 794 people, or 1 in 83,656. In France Canut is most prevalent in: Occitanie, where 39 percent reside, Hauts-de-France, where 22 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 14 percent reside. Excluding France this surname is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 37 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.
Canut Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canut has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Canut surname grew 1,860 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Canut Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Canut surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.33% being registered with the party.
Canut earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.34% less than the national average, earning $37,826 USD per year.
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