Surname Canby (Canby 
, كانبي 
) , worldwide, is a rare family name. The last name Canby is characteristic of Iraq, where it is a rare surname, the United States, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Iraq, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Canby is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Canby | United Kingdom, Taiwan, Canada, Australia, United States |
| كانبي | Iraq |
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edward canby Union Army General, US (b. 1817) |
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| james canby American businessman (b. 1781) |
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william marriott canby American botanist (1831–1904), US (b. 1831) |
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| richard s. canby American politician (1808-1895), US (b. 1808) |
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| edmund canby (b. 1804) |
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| louisa hawkins canby nurse (1818-1889) (b. 1818) |
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henry seidel canby American literary critic, editor, and professor, US (b. 1878) |
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| william canby (b. 1822) |
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| israel canby American politician, US (b. 1833) |
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| george canby (b. 1829) |
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| margaret tatnall canby American writer, US (b. 1840) |
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william c. canby, jr. American judge, US (b. 1931) |
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| margaret leslie canby American botanist and social worker (1904-1988), US (b. 1904) |
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| vincent canby American film critic (1924-2000), US (b. 1924) |
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| jeanny canby American archaeologist and scholar, US (b. 1929) |
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