Cantons Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Cantons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain821:570,14727,179
France351:1,897,792163,564
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
England31:18,572,686338,250
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Cantons Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cantons Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cantons is found most in Spain. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantons? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,338,236th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Cantons are found; 50 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 50 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 570,147. In Spain Cantons is mostly concentrated in: Catalonia, where 100 percent are found. Barring Spain this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 21 percent are found and Argentina, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Santons8633/
Contons8623/
Jantons8611/
Camtons860/
Santonsh8011/
Saintons807/
Cantonce801/
Santonss801/
Santouns801/
Kantans7159/
Kontons7121/
Santans7120/
Cantanz712/
Santhans671/
Santansh671/
Contonce670/
Cantance670/
Kanthonje634/
Kountouns631/
Cantanche630/
Santanz573/
Contans572/
Kanthams533/
Contanse531/
Kantunze531/
Quantance503/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cantons
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