Canavan meaning | Last name Canavan origin

Following is the meaning of Canavan surname. Family name Canavan is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Canavan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Canavan

Canavan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland languages. Canavan has 7 characters long in length.

Canavan is common in Ireland country(ies).

Canavan is ranked 46311 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Canavan bearers increased by 3.199498 per cent in 2010 US census to 3290 since 2000, the surname slipped by 462 spots and ranked at 9836. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.29 96.17
Hispanic or Latino 2.89 2.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.19 0.47
Others 1.03 0.63
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.22
Black 0.24 0.38

How popular is Canavan?

Canavan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10365 people have been found who wears Canavan as their family name. Canavan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
90,215 Germany3
46,068 Philippines3
21,529 Singapore2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
50,549 Georgia1
53,033 Nigeria1
1,704,541 India1
15,162 Costa Rica1
53,505 Turkey1
5,553 Taiwan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
38,830 Morocco1
17,575 Kuwait1
28,365 Kenya1
153,416 Italy1
2,057 Isle of Man1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
14,946 New Zealand38
9,524 Portugal37
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

John Canavan was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Lady Huntley from Liverpool. Michael Canavan, aged 19, Blacksmith Thomas Canavan, John Canavan (30) Blacksmith, House Keeper Mary Canavan, John Canavan (5), Infant Thomas Canavan, Thomas Canavan, aged 30, Workman Michal Canavan, and 32 other Canavan around 36% of whom were workman while others worked as blacksmith and farmer, servant migrated to US.

Celebrities having Canavan surname

Catriona Canavan Actress
Dermot Canavan Actor
Dermot Canavan Actor
Donnah Canavan-Gumpert Author
Earle Canavan Racing driver
Ivor Canavan Politician
Katherine Canavan Diplomat
Trudi Canavan Writer
Trudi Canavan Writer
Kaitlyn Canavan Nick Canavan's sister

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