Cannavan 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 8
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
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 0
Warwickshire 4
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

Cannavan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cannavan family

Profession Census Frequency
Char Woman 1
Brass Worker 1
Labourer 1
School Girl 1
Above Coal Fireman 1
Coal Miner & Hewer 1
Living On Own Means 1
Plasterer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cannavan

Name Census Frequency
John Cannavan 22
Mary Cannavan 22
Thomas Cannavan 14
William Cannavan 13
James Cannavan 9
Elizabeth Cannavan 8
Ellen Cannavan 8
Bridget Cannavan 7
Patrick Cannavan 7
Michael Cannavan 6
Catherine Cannavan 4
Henry Cannavan 4
Adelaide Cannavan 3
Alice Cannavan 3
Louisa Cannavan 3
Margaret Cannavan 3
Richard Cannavan 3
Ann Cannavan 2
Annie Cannavan 2
Edward Cannavan 2
Eliza Cannavan 2
Florence Cannavan 2
Joseph Cannavan 2
Martin Cannavan 2
Ada Cannavan 1

Cannavan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Canavan 88% 1,449
2 Cannavan 100% 175

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The surname Cannavan is the 2nd most popular variant of Canavan.

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