How common is the surname Kantor?

3,982 people in the United States had the surname Kantor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,535 Americans. It ranked 8,322nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kantor?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kantor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kantor?

MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, novelist and screenwriter (1904-1977), followed by Mickey Kantor.

Where is the surname Kantor most common?

Wikidata records people named Kantor in the United States.

Is the surname Kantor getting more or less common?

More common. 3,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,982 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Kantor

A surname, carried by 3,982 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). Kantor is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,982 people named Kantor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,535 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,802.

#8,322

rank among US surnames

3,982

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,044)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,316	Woodhouse	3,985	77,477
#8,317	Odle	3,984	77,496
#8,320	Michalak	3,983	77,516
#8,322	Kantor	3,982	77,535
#8,323	Fleischer	3,981	77,555
#8,328	Bowker	3,980	77,574

Who is named Kantor

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

95% of people named Kantor identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kantors

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

MacKinlay Kantor
American journalist, novelist and screenwriter (1904-1977)
Mickey Kantor
American businessman, born 1939
Jodi Kantor
American journalist, born 1975
Helene J. Kantor
American archaeologist, 1919–1993
Adam Kantor
American actor, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kantor

Kantor 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 Kantor come from?: Jewish, Hungarian (Kántor), Slovak (Kántor), German, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian surname, from the noun cantor.
How common is the surname Kantor?: 3,982 people in the United States had the surname Kantor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,535 Americans. It ranked 8,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kantor?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kantor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kantor?: MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, novelist and screenwriter (1904-1977), followed by Mickey Kantor.
Where is the surname Kantor most common?: Wikidata records people named Kantor in the United States.
Is the surname Kantor getting more or less common?: More common. 3,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,982 in 2010, up 4.7%.