Cant Family History
Cant Name Meaning
Scottish: unexplained. The surname appears in Scottish records
from the 15th century; in at least one case it is believed to have
come from Flanders.Americanized spelling of German Kant.
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Name Distribution of Cant Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cant families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cant families
|
166 - 329 56 - 165 |
1 - 55 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cant families
|
93 - 183 32 - 92 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cant census records
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Cant Family Origin
Cant Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cant
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cant Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cant census records
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Cant Civil War Service Records
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