Cany
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Cany is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 112K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain≈1 in 3.3M
- BEBelgium1 in 5.9M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 154 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 112K (inferred from the name graph)
≈600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cany 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 112K | 100 | Cany | 154 |
| IN India | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 27M | 2 | — | — |
| US United States | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 21M | — | Cany | 8 |
| ES Spain | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | — | Cany | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 10M | — | Cany | 4 |
| BE Belgium | 2 | 1 in 5.9M | 2 | — | 1 |
| CL Chile | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 14M | 1 | — | — |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Cany is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, var of Kana.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In English, Of or relating to cane (the plant) or canes.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nah, ElSoífiiceOlohizoodixo
as a wordVocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pierre-Joseph Guislain CanyFRFrench politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 145 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 111 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 111 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 109 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 105 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 104 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 100 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 68 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 62 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 49 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 27 | #725 |
Reference works 1
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Cany have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 603 people named Cany in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cany.
- How common is the name Cany?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 2 people named Cany in 2008, about 1 in 5.9 million residents.
What do you want to know about Cany?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/canyThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Cany”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.