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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : nickname from Spanish can, a synonym of perro ‘hound’.
  • French : descriptive nickname for a gray-haired man, Latin canutus. Compare Canuel, Cano.
  • Muslim : variant of Khan.
  • Vietnamese : unexplained.

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