The Canet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 281 people carried this name — #69,793 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 268 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Canet surname
From Catalan Canet via Spanish or from French Canet.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Canet» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,732 people named Canet.
80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Lot.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 252 people named Canet 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Canet live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Canet.
- Canel 461 · U.S. census
- Canella 269 · U.S. census
- Canellas 147 · U.S. census
- Canepa 1,245 · U.S. census
- Caner 154 · U.S. census
- Canessa 297 · U.S. census
- Canetti 145 · U.S. census
- Caney 199 · U.S. census
- Cange 452 · U.S. census
- Cangelosi 1,543 · U.S. census
- Cangemi 752 · U.S. census
- Cani 146 · U.S. census
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