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    The surname Cantu

    A surname, carried by 49,126 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C530

    Cantu: #704 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cantu #704, 49,126 people Cantu: #704 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cantu #704, 49,126 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cantu is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 49,126 people named Cantu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,285 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 39,601.

    #704
    rank among US surnames
    49,126
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.1%
    change since 2000 (was #793)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #695Ponce49,5496,231
    #696Rich49,4816,240
    #697Booth49,4026,250
    #698Koch49,3956,251
    #699Golden49,3606,255
    #700Ware49,3166,261
    #701Brennan49,2386,270

    Who is named Cantu

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

    91% of people named Cantu identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cantu

    Cantu has the Soundex code C530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cantu?
    49,126 people in the United States had the surname Cantu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,285 Americans. It ranked 704th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cantu?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cantu identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cantu getting more or less common?
    More common. 39,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,126 in 2010, up 24%.