Cantero surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cantero surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,404 people carried this name — #18,246 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 135 people named Cantero.

Most of them — 70 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Hérault.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 70
Hérault 10
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 10
Aude 8
Charente 6
Gers 6
Rhône 5
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Aveyron 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Cantero live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 10
Vaud 7
Graubünden 3
Ticino 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Cantero is.
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