Cann
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English
Etymology
- As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann.
- As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley.
- Americanized from Kann, Kahn.
Proper noun
Cann (countable and uncountable, plural Canns)
- A surname.
- A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721). [1]
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cann is the 8479th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3890 individuals. Cann is most common among White (73.6%) and Black/African American (17.74%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cann”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 280.