Cañe
surname · Latin script
Cañe is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
- ALAlbania≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- ITItaly≈1 in 29Kfew records
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 41K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 305 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Albania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cane in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Middle Englishcane(measured from records)
- Old Frenchcane“sugar cane”(measured from records)
- Latincanna“reed”(measured from records)
- Ancient Greekκάνναkánna(measured from records)
- Akkadian𒄀qanû“reed”(measured from records)
- Sumerian𒄀𒈾gi.na(measured from records)
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of cane and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.
Cited for this meaning 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Cañe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Cane | 46 |
| US United States | 2,605 | 1 in 128K | 2.9K | Cane | 305 |
| IT Italy | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 29K | listed | Cane | 46 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Cane | 162 |
| AR Argentina | 1,084 | 1 in 42K | 1.1K | — | 2 |
| AL Albania | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | 44 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cañe mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Cañe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Cañe in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cane.
- How common is the name Cañe?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,605 people named Cañe in 2010, about 1 in 128 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cañe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.