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    The surname Cantin

    A surname, carried by 1,389 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C535

    Cantin: #19,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cantin #19,456, 1,389 people Cantin: #19,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cantin #19,456, 1,389 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cantin is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,389 people named Cantin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,279 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,245.

    #19,456
    rank among US surnames
    1,389
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,953)

    Who is named Cantin

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

    90% of people named Cantin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cantin

    Cantin has the Soundex code C535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C535.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cantin?
    1,389 people in the United States had the surname Cantin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,279 Americans. It ranked 19,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cantin?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cantin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cantin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,389 in 2010, up 12%.