How common is the surname Kanter?

4,000 people in the United States had the surname Kanter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,186 Americans. It ranked 8,285th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kanter?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kanter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kanter?

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, American sociologist, followed by Hal Kanter.

Where is the surname Kanter most common?

Wikidata records people named Kanter in the United States.

Is the surname Kanter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,000 in 2010, up 54%.

The surname Kanter

A surname, carried by 4,000 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kanter is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

* German, Jewish, and Dutch surname, variant of Kantor. * Also as a German surname, variant of Kant.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,000 people named Kanter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,186 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,600.

#8,285

rank among US surnames

4,000

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+53.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,188)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,280	Yusuf	4,003	77,129
#8,281	Wiser	4,002	77,148
#8,283	Obryant	4,001	77,167
#8,285	Kanter	4,000	77,186
#8,286	Jump	3,999	77,206
#8,287	Dulin	3,998	77,225

Who is named Kanter

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

94% of people named Kanter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kanters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
American sociologist, born 1943
Hal Kanter
American screenwriter (1918–2011)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kanter

Kanter has the Soundex code K536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K536.

Questions

Where does the surname Kanter come from?: * German, Jewish, and Dutch surname, variant of Kantor. * Also as a German surname, variant of Kant.
How common is the surname Kanter?: 4,000 people in the United States had the surname Kanter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,186 Americans. It ranked 8,285th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kanter?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kanter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kanter?: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, American sociologist, followed by Hal Kanter.
Where is the surname Kanter most common?: Wikidata records people named Kanter in the United States.
Is the surname Kanter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,000 in 2010, up 54%.