The Canton Family Name

Search old registers for Canton and you will soon meet Cantoni too. Name scholars give the meaning as “Of the corner”. Records show Canton as one of the forms Cantoni took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Spain's INE counts 4,075 residents with Canton as first surname and 4,040 with it as second. 2,037 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Canton name at birth. There were 112 such births in the 1890s and 186 in the 1990s.

There is no single Canton family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Canton family name pack.