# Canty (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,047 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,413 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,368 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (7,769 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó an Cháintighe (“descendant of the satirist”), from cáinteach (“satirical”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Canty 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) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Canty in the United States and Australia.

## People named Canty

- Dominique Canty, American basketball player (born 1977)
- Brendan Canty, Australian bicycle racer
- Judy Canty, Australian long jumper
- Marietta Canty, American actress (1905-1986)

## Similar surnames

Cantu, Canady, Cannady, Canaday, Canto, Cannata, Cannaday, Canete, Cantey, Conde, Conti, Canada.

## 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.