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The Canova surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,294 people carried this name — #20,502 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,201 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 902 people named Canova 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 290
Córdoba 233
Entre Ríos 127
Santa Fe 76
City of Buenos Aires 70
Catamarca 57
La Pampa 27
Río Negro 22

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 456 people named Canova.

90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Savoie.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 90
Savoie 48
Haute-Savoie 38
Paris 25
Rhône 22
Var 21
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Alpes-Maritimes 19
Meuse 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

211 people named Canova live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 92
Graubünden 27
Geneva 17
Basel-Stadt 14
Zurich 13
Bern 12
Vaud 8
Lucerne 6

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.

In the Nordic population registers

38 people named Canova is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 38

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Canova,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Canova da Milano
    Francesco Canova da Milano 1497–1543 · composer
  • Antonio Canova
    Antonio Canova 1757–1822 · architect
  • Andrea Canova
    Andrea Canova 1806–1866 · Catholic priest
  • Andrew Canova
    Andrew Canova 1835–1909 · farmer
  • Angelo Canova 1781–1854 · actor
  • Giovanni Canova 1880–1960 · fencer

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

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