Last Name CANNING

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Meaning	'Cyning,' a leader, a king. German, 'Konig;' Dutch, 'Koning;' Danish, 'Konge;' Swedish, 'Konung;' Welsh, 'cun;' Irish, 'cean,' which is the same as the Gaelic 'Ceann,' and the oriental 'Khan' or 'Kaun,' all signifying head, a leader. Saxon 'Connan' and 'Cunnan,' to see, to know; hence 'Cunning,' or 'Canning,' 'Kenning.'

Origin	Anglo-Saxon, French, German, Irish, South african

Rank	8,010 (2000 US census)	8,406 (1990 US census)

Count	3,820 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.48%, or 3609 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.73%, or 66 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.31%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.49%, or 57 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.52%, or 58 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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