Canham is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Canham
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Canham

How popular is Canham?

Canham is common in United States.

Canham is ranked 65686 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Canhams plummeted by 16.64726 per cent to 716 since 2000 and slipped by 5531 spots and ranked at 32203. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.74 95.93
Hispanic or Latino 3.49 2.56
Others 2.09 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0
Canham is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 6926 people have been found who wears Canham as their family name. Canham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
723,167 Indonesia2
31,767 Greece2
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
30,360 Thailand1
24,176 Qatar1
25,746 Finland1
277,603 France1
31,207 Ireland1
29,046 Japan1
3,071 Jersey1
14,373 Jordan1
17,575 Kuwait1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
21,562 Portugal1
5,916 Mozambique1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
65,136 Spain25
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,515 New Zealand83
6,953 Scotland72
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Canham:
4,518 Australia665
13,083 Canada291
3,358 Wales113
Countries with thousands of Canham:
2,905 South Africa2,228
3,556 England2,140
25,788 United States1,188
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Canham was 19 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 26, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Arrick from Liverpool. Immigrant Abraham Canham, Sarah Canham, aged 30, Immigrant Anne Canham, Ellen Canham, aged 19, Louisa Canham, aged 6, 5 years old William Canham, Hanny Canham, aged 3, James Canham, aged 25, are others that migrated to US.

Canham Namesakes

  • Sean Canham, Soccer player
  • Marsha Canham, Writer
  • Mitch Canham, Baseball player

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