Canal surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Canal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,135 people carried this name — #22,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 13% from 1,007 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,626 people named Canal.

82 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 82
Pyrénées-Orientales 314
Ariège 255
Haute-Garonne 132
Territoire de Belfort 120
Aude 113
Lot 68
Paris 67
Hérault 58

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,250 people named Canal live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 599
Santa Fe 160
City of Buenos Aires 137
Chaco 121
Tucumán 80
Formosa 51
Mendoza 32
Córdoba 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

195 people named Canal live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 59
Zurich 33
Graubünden 24
Thurgau 18
Bern 16
Ticino 14
Vaud 7
Aargau 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Canal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonio Canal
    Antonio Canal 1567–1650 · politician
  • Canaletto
    Canaletto 1697–1768 · painter
  • Martino Canal 1300–1300 · writer
  • Vittore Canal 1375–1458 · politician
  • Girolamo Canal 1483–1535 · sailor
  • Antonio Canal 1521–1577 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Canal.

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