In North America, there is a state like Canada. According to 2017 data, its population is almost 36 million people. The capital of Canada is Ottawa. There are ten provinces in the territory of this state:
- British Columbi ;.
- Saskatchewan.
- Quebec
- Ontario.
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick.
- Nova Scotia.
- Labrador.
- Newfoundland.
- Prince Edward Island
And there are also several territories such as Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
National composition of Canada
As scientists were able to find out, people of the following nationalities live in Canada:
- Canadians
- French people;
- English
- Germans;
- Russians
- Ukrainians;
- Indians
- Eskimos;
- Poles and many others.
As it turned out, in Canada there is no general statistics of Canadian names and surnames. But it’s easy to find statistics on popular first and last names by state or area.
Canadian names for men
If we summarize the statistics, we can give the following list of male names:
- Alexis, Antoine, Alexander.
- Brandon and Benjamin.
- Carter
- Felix.
- Daniel
- Essan and Gabriel.
- Jordan, Joshua, and Jacob.
- Lucas, Logan and Liam.
- Matthew, Mason.
- Owen, Oliver.
- Thomas, Ryan, Tyler.
- William and many others.
Above is a list of only the most popular and common names that are called men and boys.
Female names
The most common female names include the following:
- Ava, Alexis, Avery, Abigail.
- Camilla, Chloe.
- Emily, Emilia, Ella.
- Grace, Hayley, Florence, Hannah.
- Juliet, Isabella, Jessica.
- Mia, Madison and Megan.
- Lily, Naomi, Leah.
- Rosalia, Olivia.
- Sofia, Samantha, Sarah.
- Taylor
Now let's move on to the issue of Canadian surnames.
Where did the surnames come from?
Surnames were not a matter of fact all the time. Earlier in ancient times it was considered the norm of all to call only by name. With each passing year, it became increasingly difficult to designate people only by name, as the population increased every day. Therefore, Canadian names came to the rescue: male and female.
How was the surname chosen? Usually, it could denote both a profession and personal qualities or distinctive features of appearance or character.
The most common surnames for women and men
So, below is a complete list of the most popular last names in descending order of distribution:
- Smith
- Johnson;
- Williams
- Davis
- Wilson;
- Miller
- Jones
- Tyler
- Robinson
- Clark
- Lee
- King
- Hernandez
- White and many others.
The list of Canadian surnames does not end there, because it consists of no less than a hundred names. Here are some of the most popular.
Decoding of Canadian surnames
To people unfamiliar with the English language, it may seem that almost all surnames in a foreign language are very beautiful. But this is not always the case and may mean completely unexpected things. for example, Smith means "blacksmith." And the Canadian surname Fets is “fat man,” and Fell is “fall”. There are really interesting surnames, they are as follows:
- Applegold is a golden apple.
- Floretsen is a flower.
- King is the king.
- Redpetas is a red petal.
- Kingsman is the male king.
Some Canadian surnames are transmitted only through the father, that is, they are considered exclusively masculine. This means that over time, the female branch may disappear. This separation by surname is caused by the relocation of people from other countries with different nationalities.
There are also surnames that can be funny or weird. But the main difference between America is that even with such a surname, a person can never hear any laughs or insults addressed to him, which cannot be said about Europeans. So, these Canadian names include:
- Gosling is a gosling;
- Peaches - peach;
- Birds - a bird;
- Miller is a miller;
- Kitten is a cat;
- Sailor - sailor;
- Fisher is a fisherman;
- Blunt is stupid.
- Stone is a stone, as well as many others.
In Canada, they struggled for a long time to allow female surnames to exist, which include Williams, Johnson, Smith, Miller, Moore, Taylor and so on. But in almost all cases, Canadian surnames for women correspond to beautiful masculine ones, so it is impossible to determine exactly which surname: female or exclusively male.
An interesting fact is that almost all nationalities that once migrated to Canada or America lost the uniqueness of their names. But the exception is the Spanish race. They only slightly changed and adapted the first and last names in the American and Canadian ways.