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The canaan Surname

canaan Name Meaning and History

  1. Jewish (American and Israeli): modern Hebrew name from Canaan, name of the promised land in the Bible. See also Kanaan.
  2. Irish: variant of Cannan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The canaan name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the canaan family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of canaan Families in the US in 1920
Number of canaan families
 5-8
 2-4		 1
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 22 - Messages: 39
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CANAAN Nicole L _1998-1998.JPG t42bluebonnethills 1
John Canaan m. Hannah Williams Betty 5
Isaac Canaan husband of Easter Ortwell daphnekenney 0
CANAAN Joyce _1922-1993.JPG t42Bluebonnet 0
Emerita Canaan Nora Hertenstein 0
John Alonzo Canaan, b. 1852, IN Dawn 3
John and Hannah Williams Canaan betty 0
Stephen A and Elnore Clapham Canaan stephen zahn 0
John W. Canaan Sr. Dawn 0
James Albert Canaan, MO stephenzahn 2
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