The Canu surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 139 people carried this name — #116,123 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,993 people named Canu.
93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
71 people named Canu live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 51 people named Canu 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Canu.
- Cantoni 343 · U.S. census
- Cantore 388 · U.S. census
- Cantos 731 · U.S. census
- Cantrel 242 · U.S. census
- Cantrelle 637 · U.S. census
- Canty 7,769 · U.S. census
- Canuel 256 · U.S. census
- Canuto 308 · U.S. census
- Cao 11,106 · U.S. census
- Cap 856 · U.S. census
- Capaldi 921 · U.S. census
- Caparros 150 · U.S. census
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