# Kantor (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,982 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,322 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 77,535 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (3,802 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Jewish, Hungarian (Kántor), Slovak (Kántor), German, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian surname, from the noun cantor.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kantor 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kantor in the United States.

## People named Kantor

- MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, novelist and screenwriter (1904-1977)
- Mickey Kantor, American businessman
- Jodi Kantor, American journalist
- Helene J. Kantor, American archaeologist
- Adam Kantor, American actor

## Similar surnames

Kanter, Kander, Kendrick, Kinder, Kindred, Kendricks.

## 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.