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    The surname Canter

    A surname, carried by 6,477 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C536

    Canter: #5,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Canter #5,374, 6,477 people Canter: #5,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Canter #5,374, 6,477 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canter is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,477 people named Canter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,668 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,871.

    #5,374
    rank among US surnames
    6,477
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,451)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,369Brigham6,48547,609
    #5,371Stebbins6,48447,617
    #5,373Cushing6,48047,646
    #5,374Canter6,47747,668
    #5,375Billups6,47547,683
    #5,376Valentino6,47447,690

    Who is named Canter

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Canter identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Canters

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jake Canter
      American snowboarder, born 2003
    • Rosalind Canter
      British event rider, born 1986

    Notable Canters come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Canter

    Canter has the Soundex code C536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Canter?
    6,477 people in the United States had the surname Canter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,668 Americans. It ranked 5,374th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canter?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Canter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Canter?
    Jake Canter, American snowboarder, followed by Rosalind Canter.
    Where is the surname Canter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Canter in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Canter getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,477 in 2010, up 10%.