How common is the surname Canton?

2,353 people in the United States had the surname Canton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,214 Americans. It ranked 13,049th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Canton?

In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Canton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Canton?

Neil Canton, American film producer.

Where is the surname Canton most common?

Wikidata records people named Canton in the United States.

Is the surname Canton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,353 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Canton

A French place surname, carried by 2,353 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canton is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

French origin

The surname is of French or Galician origin.

Canton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,353 people named Canton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,214 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,178.

#13,049

rank among US surnames

2,353

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #12,936)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,042	Motz	2,354	131,158
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214
#13,053	Class	2,352	131,269
#13,057	Vowell	2,351	131,325

Who is named Canton

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

44% of people named Canton identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 44%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.1%
Two or more races 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cantons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Neil Canton
American film producer, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Canton

Cantin

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Canton come from?: The surname is of French or Galician origin.
How common is the surname Canton?: 2,353 people in the United States had the surname Canton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,214 Americans. It ranked 13,049th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Canton?: In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Canton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Canton?: Neil Canton, American film producer.
Where is the surname Canton most common?: Wikidata records people named Canton in the United States.
What type of surname is Canton?: Canton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Canton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,353 in 2010, up 8.0%.