as a Last Name
- 4,850
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Canterbury
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from Canterbury in Kent, named in Old English as Cantwaraburg ‘fortified town (burgh) of the people (wara) of Kent’.
| 6,979th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,850
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Canterbury per capita
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