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The Cantone surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 836 people carried this name — #28,525 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 801 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cantone surname

Topographic surname, from cantone (“corner, nook”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cantone» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 394 people named Cantone live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 225
Entre Ríos 46
Córdoba 43
City of Buenos Aires 32
Santa Fe 31
Tucumán 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Cantone.

22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Savoie.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Savoie 8
Paris 7
Rhône 6
Isère 4
Yvelines 4
Loir-et-Cher 3
Var 3
Hérault 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

40 people named Cantone live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 12
Vaud 8
Aargau 5
Geneva 5
Graubünden 4
Neuchâtel 3
Valais 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Cantone,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Oberto Cantone
    Oberto Cantone 1600–1601 · mathematician
  • Michele Cantone
    Michele Cantone 1857–1932 · physicist
  • Giuseppe Cantone d. 1718
  • Pietro Cantone 1501–1600
  • Bernardino Cantone 1505–1576 · architect
  • Serafino Cantone 1565–1627 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Cantone.

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