The Can surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 734 people carried this name — #30,120 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 690 people named Can live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
545 people named Can live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 188 people named Can.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Finistère.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
50 people named Can have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 246 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Can.
- Campo 5,943 · U.S. census
- Campos 69,950 · U.S. census
- Campoy 459 · U.S. census
- Camps 993 · U.S. census
- Campus 468 · U.S. census
- Camus 649 · U.S. census
- Canada 8,910 · U.S. census
- Canadas 121 · U.S. census
- Canal 1,007 · U.S. census
- Canale 2,291 · U.S. census
- Canales 17,381 · U.S. census
- Canali 203 · U.S. census
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