Cannah Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 7
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cannah Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cannah family

Profession Census Frequency
Miner Coal 5
Scholar 4
Coal Miner Hewer 1
House Keeper Not Domestic 1
Genereal Servant Domestic 1
Commercial Clerk 1
Frame Work Knitter 1
Domestic Servant 1
Plasterer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cannah

Name Census Frequency
Edward Cannah 10
William Cannah 8
Mary Cannah 7
Sarah Cannah 7
Ann Cannah 6
Elizabeth Cannah 5
Catherine Cannah 4
Hannah Cannah 4
Robert Cannah 4
John Cannah 3
Maria Cannah 3
Thomas Cannah 3
Benjamin Cannah 2
Charles Cannah 2
James Cannah 2
Jane Cannah 2
Kate Cannah 2
Margaret Cannah 2
Ada Cannah 1
Agnes Cannah 1
Alice Cannah 1
Arthur Cannah 1
Charlotte Cannah 1
Cyril Cannah 1
David Cannah 1

Cannah Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Connah 83% 2,011
2 Cunnah 83% 664
3 Cannah 100% 101

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The surname Cannah is the 3rd most popular variant of Connah.

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