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Cann


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Origin Of The Surname Cann

Meaning Of The Surname Cann

From the Deep Valley

Interesting Facts About Cann

Cann is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English word ‘canna’ which referred to a deeply set valley. Places with this name would have been located in such a valley and named as such.

Cann Statistics

Cann is the number 1410 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 7,616 share the surname Cann in the UK.

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