How Many People Have the Last Name Canton?
people had the surname Canton in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 125,000 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 3 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+175 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Canton: 43.9% are non-Hispanic White and 26.9% are Hispanic or Latino. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 49.3% to 43.9%, and the Hispanic or Latino share rose from 23.2% to 26.9%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Canton grew from 2,178 people in 2000 to 2,353 in 2010 (up 8%), and its rank fell from #12,936 to #13,049. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 0.81 to 0.8 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 2,178 | 2,353 |
| Rank | #12,936 | #13,049 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.81 | 0.8 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Canton
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Canton: C535
👤 Canton as a First Name
Canton is a first name too: about 532 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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