Cann

See also: cann

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)

1. A surname.
2. A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cann is the 8479^th 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.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cann”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 280.

Anagrams

• NANC