Cantor Surname
Approximately 33,674 people bear this surname
Cantor Surname Definition:
(Anglo-Latin or Anglo-French-Latin) Singer, Chanter. [Old English cantere, Lat-cantor; or Anglo-French c(h)aunter, c(h)antour( French chanteur), Latin cantor]
Read More About This SurnameCantor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 10,375 | 1:4,605 | 705 |
| Philippines | 6,743 | 1:15,014 | 1,656 |
| United States | 6,381 | 1:56,803 | 6,760 |
| Mexico | 4,358 | 1:28,482 | 1,883 |
| Honduras | 1,631 | 1:5,406 | 507 |
| Venezuela | 982 | 1:30,758 | 1,867 |
| El Salvador | 613 | 1:10,349 | 691 |
| Romania | 415 | 1:48,380 | 5,998 |
| Brazil | 403 | 1:531,202 | 19,920 |
| England | 371 | 1:150,183 | 14,363 |
| Canada | 343 | 1:107,422 | 11,548 |
| Guatemala | 199 | 1:80,817 | 2,726 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| France | 134 | 1:495,692 | 69,430 |
| Spain | 101 | 1:462,891 | 23,948 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Ecuador | 57 | 1:279,050 | 8,784 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| Denmark | 36 | 1:156,798 | 13,614 |
| Puerto Rico | 22 | 1:161,370 | 2,003 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 77 | 1:316,563 | 20,927 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
Cantor (282) may also be a first name.
Cantor Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-Latin or Anglo-French-Latin) Singer, Chanter. [Old English cantere, Lat-cantor; or Anglo-French c(h)aunter, c(h)antour( French chanteur), Latin cantor]
“Chazan” or Singer at Synagogue Service.
(English, Italian) The soloist who sang liturgical music in the synagogue; one who leads the singing in a cathedral.
Latin a singer; a precentor in a church, still so styled in cathedral churches.
Gaufridus Cantor of Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Christian le Chaunter of England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum). The name was translated as ‘Singer.’
User-submitted Reference
This last name is job-related, meaning the person who acted as "cantor" or singer in the Jewish temple (not hymns but Hebrew prayers).
- kimverskaChazan is Hebrew for 'cantor', the person in a synagogue that sings prayers for the congregation.
- drchazanCantor Demographics
Average Cantor Salary in
United States
$52,248 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Cantor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cantor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cantor (Arabic: كانتور) occurs most in Colombia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cantor.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cantor is the 16,482nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 216,415 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Cantor are found; 35 percent are found in South America and 34 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 527,582nd most common given name on earth. It is borne by 282 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is borne by 10,375 people, or 1 in 4,605. In Colombia Cantor is most common in: Capital District, where 45 percent live, Cundinamarca Department, where 28 percent live and Meta Department, where 6 percent live. Outside of Colombia Cantor occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.
Cantor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cantor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 9,524 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 482 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cantor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cantor surname are 40.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.91% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cantor earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 15.99% less than the national average, earning R 199,644 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.15% more than the national average, earning $28,411,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,248 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.83% more than the national average, earning $65,002 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cantor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cantor in the Arabic language | ||
| كانتور | kantwr | - |
Search for Another Surname
Cantor Reference & Research
Canter Connections FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Cantor
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis