McCannan Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

McCannan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCannan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

McCannan Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCannan is held by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCannan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname McCannan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McCannan live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

McCannan is most commonly used in Canada, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 18,422,796. In Canada McCannan is most numerous in: Northwest Territories, where 50 percent reside and Ontario, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Canada McCannan exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Costa Rica, where 20 percent reside.

McCannan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCannan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCannan last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 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
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  • 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 McCannan
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