# Cantey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cantey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 998 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,914 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 309,364 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.5% (1,115 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As an English surname, a variant of Gandow, an unknown location in England. As a Norman habitational surname, from Candé in Maine-et-Loire, a Gaulish name meaning "confluence" related to the town Condate. Also compare French gantier (“glovemaker”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cantey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Cantu, Canady, Conte, Canty, Cannady, Canaday, Canto, Cannata, Canedo, Canete, Conde, Conti.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.