# Canton (surname)

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

A topographical surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,353 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,049 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,214 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (2,178 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The surname is of French or Galician origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canton 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) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 27% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Canton in the United States.

## People named Canton

- Neil Canton, American film producer

## Similar surnames

Cantin, Centeno, Condon, Camden, Contino.

## 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.