McCannah Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

McCannah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCannah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:3,277,533109,658
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

McCannah Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCannah is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCannah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of McCannah live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England McCannah is mostly concentrated in: Nottinghamshire, where 59 percent live, Greater London, where 35 percent live and Warwickshire, where 6 percent live.

McCannah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCannah has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the McCannah last name expanded 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 McCannah
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