The surname Cantero
A surname, carried by 2,253 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C536
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,253 people named Cantero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,038 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,404.
Who is named Cantero
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Cantero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.0%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Cantero 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 Cantero?
- 2,253 people in the United States had the surname Cantero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,038 Americans. It ranked 13,486th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cantero?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Cantero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Cantero getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,253 in 2010, up 61%.