McCanus Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

McCanus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCanus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McCanus Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCanus is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCanus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of McCanus are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 100 percent live. Other than The United States McCanus occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent live.

McCanus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCanus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCanus last name expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McCannus930/
McAnus926/
McCanu920/
McAnuss862/
McAnnus861/
McAnos771/
McGainnus750/
McConaushe711/
McAnupp710/
Mkanu674/
McAnauth672/
McConneu671/
Mconu671/
Mqanu671/
Mkangu62116/
Mgconu621/
Mkhanu621/
McConnauth591/
McConoo574/
Mgconuu571/
McGonau570/
McConnoe530/
Mkonu507/
Mqonu501/

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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 McCanus
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