The surname Cantos
A Spanish surname, carried by 890 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C532
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Cantos. Usually a Filipino surname, but also a Spanish surname, prevalent in Ecuador and parts of Spain.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 890 people named Cantos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 346,905 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 731.
Who is named Cantos
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
66% of people named Cantos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 66%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
- White (not Hispanic) 13%
- Two or more races 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Cantos
Cantos has the Soundex code C532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C532.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Cantos come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Cantos. Usually a Filipino surname, but also a Spanish surname, prevalent in Ecuador and parts of Spain.
- How common is the surname Cantos?
- 890 people in the United States had the surname Cantos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 346,905 Americans. It ranked 27,185th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cantos?
- In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Cantos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Cantos getting more or less common?
- More common. 731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 890 in 2010, up 22%.