as a Last Name
- 2,300
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Canton
Meaning & Origins
Galician (Cantón): habitational name from places in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, in Galicia, named Cantón, from a derivative of canto ‘corner’ (see Canto).
| 13,241st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,300
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Canton per capita
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