Last name: CANTON
Welcome at Geneanet!
With Geneanet, find your ancestors from home, create your family tree for free, and explore and share your family history. Genealogy has never been easier, thanks to our database of 9 billion individuals, and our community of enthusiasts.
All you have to know about the last name CANTON
Last name frequency
CANTON : This last name is indexed 67,712 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CANTON : 1: English Welsh (Pembrokeshire) and Irish (Mayo and Westmeath of Anglo-Norman origin): shortened form of Cannington from Cannington (Somerset). The first of this name in Pembrokeshire was an Anglo-Norman lord Sir William de Cantington of Eglwyswrw also known as Hen Wiliam Caentwyn who died c. 1230. The surname was frequently written as Cantetone Caunton and Canton. In the late 12th or early 13th century members of the Pembrokeshire family obtained estates in Ireland where was Gaelicized as Condún; see Condon.2: English (of Huguenot origin): habitational name from Cantin Nord (France).3: Galician (Cantón): habitational name from any of the places in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces (in Galicia Spain) named Cantón from a derivative of canto ‘corner’ (see Canto).4: French (southern): topographic name from Occitan canton ‘corner’ denoting someone who lived on a street corner.
Learn moreVariants of last name
The spelling of names may have changed over the centuries. Knowing these names variants will help you build your family tree.
Search a name
Discover your ancestors and build your family tree step by step through billions of data included in our members' family trees and through civil records.
Most popular first names
- Jean (3,075)
- Marie (2,325)
- Pierre (2,015)
- Jeanne (1,486)
- Pop (1,273)
- Joseph (1,221)
- François (1,205)
- Anne (1,046)
- Nicolas (922)
- Catherine (863)
- Françoise (623)
- Jacques (621)
- Marguerite (606)
- John (583)
- Antoine (573)
- Maria (557)
- M. (540)
- Louis (504)
- Marie Anne (452)
- Jean Baptiste (422)
- Agricole (421)
- Juan (370)
- Claude (360)
- William (313)
- Louise (310)
- Francisco (303)
- Antonio (302)
- Michel (293)
- Manuel (290)
- Edwin (285)
- Charles (280)
- Agathe (251)
- Jean Nicolas (250)
- George (244)
- Jean François (219)
- Pedro (217)
- Paul (214)
- Thomas (213)
- Frank (212)
- Suzanne (212)
- Bernard (209)
- Barbe (198)
- Elisabeth (195)
- André (191)
- Jules (191)
- Jean Pierre (190)
- Miguel (190)
- Alexandre (186)
- Anne Marie (182)
- Marthe (182)
- Francois (174)
- Jeanne Marie (174)
- Henry (169)
- Jose (164)
- Elizabeth (161)
- Mary (160)
- Marie Catherine (159)
- Ana (158)
- Henri (152)
- José (152)
Most indexed places
- Diocesis de Granada (1,254)
- Granada (1,101)
- Paris (1,060)
- Sittard (936)
- Digne (884)
- Uzos (666)
- Mérida (650)
- Woël (584)
- Somme (461)
- Pau (448)
- Lyon (431)
- Yvoire, 74315 (388)
- Monaco (369)
- Meuse (353)
- Thillot (349)
- Diocesis De Granada (341)
- Antoñán del Valle, 24281, Provincia de León, Castille And Le (318)
- Lézignan, 65271 (311)
- Woël, 55583 (310)
- Canton (270)
- Villanueva de los Infantes (261)
- Sisteron (257)
- London (243)
- Château-Salins (224)
- Toulouse (223)
- Woël, 55210 (217)
- Yvoire (206)
- Santa Catalina, El Bonillo (195)
- Marseille (183)
- Château-Salins, 57132 (176)
- Laon (170)
- Berry-Bouy (161)
- Quintanilla del Valle, Provincia de León, Castille And León (150)
- Buros, 64152 (140)
- Pau, 64445 (138)
- Barcelonnette (134)
- Bidache (134)
- Bénéjacq (134)
- Quero (131)
- Hénaménil (128)
- Oran (126)
- Provence-Alpes-Côte D'azur (123)
- Amsterdam (120)
- Villard-sur-Doron, 73270 (118)
- Woël en Woëvre, 55210 (117)
- Berviller (116)
- Les Mollettes (116)
- San Andrés, Villanueva De Los Infantes (113)
- Coarraze (112)
- Marmagne (110)
- Quero, 7561 (110)
- Trésauvaux (110)
- Mérida, 97000, Mérida (108)
- Mézel (106)
- Saint-Maurice (106)
- Bordeaux (104)
- Les Mollettes, 73159 (104)
- Tarbes (104)
- Doncourt-aux-Templiers (102)
- Saint-Quentin (102)
Most indexed countries
- France (41,779)
- Spain (6,477)
- United States (3,455)
- United Kingdom (2,355)
- Netherlands (1,702)
- Italy (1,118)
- Algeria (1,021)
- Mexico (955)
- Ireland (495)
- Switzerland (474)
- New Zealand (422)
- Germany (387)
- Monaco (369)
- Belgium (259)
- Australia (135)
- Canada (123)
- Morocco (117)
- Unknown country (110)
Available collections for this name
- Archives
(27,824) - Family Trees
(27,308) - Newspapers
(9,349) - Books
(1,531) - Other
(1,069) - Cemeteries
(329) - Magazines
(121) - Obituaries
(101) - Memorials
(67) - Coats of Arms
(13)