Canton Family History
Canton Name Meaning
Galician (Cantón): habitational name from places in
Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, in Galicia, named Cantón, from a
derivative of canto ‘corner’ (see Canto).Southern French: topographic name, from Occitan canton
‘corner’, ‘angle’, denoting someone who lived on a street corner.
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Name Distribution of Canton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Canton families
 41 - 79  14 - 40 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Canton families
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33 - 63 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Canton families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Canton census records
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Canton Family Origin
Canton Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Canton
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Canton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Canton Civil War Service Records
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