Canada
loc · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Canada is a name, most frequently recorded in Canada. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A country in North America.
- PYParaguay1 in 168◐
- CACanada1 in 761
- ESSpain1 in 6.1K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈218 ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 266 ●
- 1 in 2.3M ◐
across 2 countries
recorded for this name
90K records
Official registry-verified
United States
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cañada in PY Paraguay, ES Spain, BO Bolivia and 1 more and Kanade in IN India.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Canada | 289,404 | 2.2K rec. | — | — | Canada | 60 |
| PY Paraguay | 103,264 | 27 rec. | — | — | Cañada | 3 |
| ES Spain | 14,493 | 4.2K rec. | — | 4.5K | Cañada | 80 |
| PE Peru | 11,703 | 41 rec. | — | — | Canada | 2 |
| MX Mexico | 4,948 | 925 rec. | — | 32 | Canada | 34 |
| GB United Kingdom | 632 | 3K rec. | — | — | Canada | 29 |
| AR Argentina | 574 | 2.6K rec. | — | 404 | Canada | 27 |
| FR France | 277 | 964 rec. | — | 27 | Canada | 97 |
| AU Australia | 231 | 750 rec. | — | — | Canada | 22 |
| CO Colombia | 165 | 222 rec. | — | — | Canada | 10 |
| US United States | 147 | 61K rec. | 1 in 2.3M | 9.8K | Canada | 266 |
| IT Italy | 104 | 587 rec. | — | — | Canada | 6 |
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Languages●
- English453K58%
- Spanish18K2%
- Portuguese2.6K1%
- French6101%
- Arabic1851%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 453,106 | 58% |
| Spanish | 18,105 | 2% |
| Portuguese | 2,627 | 1% |
| French | 610 | 1% |
| Arabic | 185 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Canada is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Sorte de pomme reinette à peau jaune ou gris-beige qui tire son nom du Canada. En Belgique (Wallonie), canada désigne le topinambour et même la pomme de terre dans le Namurois, par référence à l’origine géographique de ces légumes.
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
In English, country, N. America
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, from the country name
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In Swedish, dated spelling of Kanada (“Canada”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Galician, A former liquid measure, usually of four cuartillos, especially used for wine and milk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 4 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1921 | 7 |
| 1931 | 6 |
| 1941 | 17 |
| 1951 | 28 |
| 1961 | 40 |
| 1971 | 31 |
| 1981 | 27 |
| 1991 | 27 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 10 years between 1901–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Canada Butlerb. 1821USAmerican politician
- Canada Leeb. 1907USAmerican actor
- Ron Canadab. 1949USAmerican actor
- Geoffrey Canadab. 1952USAmerican activist
- Larry Canadab. 1954USAmerican football player
- Matt Canadab. 1972USAmerican football coach (born 1972)
- Cameron Canadab. 1989CACanadian pornographic actress
- Jordin Canadab. 1995USAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- Tyler Canadaactor
- John Canada Terrellactor
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●
Attested in 23 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 9.8K | #3,616 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9K | #3,829 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.9K | #3,663 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 342 | #23,719 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 147 | #40,182 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 83 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 40 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 39 | #40,182 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 31 | #61,759 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 31 | #61,483 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 28 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 42 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Canada?
- We estimate roughly 218 people bear Canada (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.
- In which country does Canada have the most bearers?
- Canada is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled canada.
- What does the name Canada mean?
- Recorded meaning: A country in North America.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Canada”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.