The Cantor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,441 people carried this name — #7,500 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,978 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 97 people named Cantor 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 City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 64
Buenos Aires Province 33

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 38 people named Cantor.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Paris 7
Oise 6
Nord 5
Seine-et-Marne 4
Orne 3
Yonne 3
Seine-Maritime 3
Côte-d’Or 2

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

In print

Cantor in American newspapers,
1903–1924.

Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Cantor
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1924-08-24
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Cantor
The Sun 1903-01-01
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Cantor
The New York Herald 1903-08-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,389 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cantor in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

29,550 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cantor. The most, 8,614, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 18,884
Victoria 3,904
Western Australia 2,817
Queensland 2,511
South Australia 605
Tasmania 574
ACT (Canberra) 210
Northern Territory 24

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cantor.

Who carried it

People named Cantor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georg Cantor
    Georg Cantor 1845–1918 · mathematician
  • Maxwell A. Cantor d. 1954 · architect
  • Sol Cantor d. 1965 · machinist
  • Peter Cantor 1101–1197 · jurist
  • Gert Cantor 1550– · musician
  • Joachim Cantor 1724–1784 · entrepreneur

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cantor,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,320 records

1,320 records of the Cantor name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 727
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 231
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 226
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 63
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 51
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 19
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Michael J. Cantor

    Born 1921 in Illinois. Enlisted 1945 at Camp Grant; cotton farmer from Cook County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Isaac Cantor

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Suevia from Hamburg and Havre, aged 53; bookbinder. From Riga, Russia; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Clyde H. Cantor

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1943, died 2000; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,320 records for Cantor in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands284 records

284 records of the Cantor name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 173
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 109
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Marcus Meijer Cantor

    Married in 1850 in Ootmarsum; shopkeeper. Died 1860 in Ootmarsum, aged 60.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Saartje Cantor

    Married in 1844 in Amsterdam; "muzikante". Died 1894 in Rotterdam, aged 67.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Carolina Meijer Cantor

    Died 1852 in Harderwijk, aged 71.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 284 records for Cantor in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia141 records

141 records of the Cantor name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 100
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 29
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emanuel Cantor

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Roxburgh Castle, aged 29; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Maurice Emmanuel Henry Cantor

    Retired judge industrial commission of Sydney, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Nombie Cantor

    Born 1906 in Rooke Street, West Devonport, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 141 records for Cantor in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France19 records

19 records of the Cantor name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Edmond Fernand Gabriel Cantor

    Born 1901 in Paris; died 1972 in Mortagne-au-Perche (Orne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Genevieve Cantor

    Born 1928 in Compiègne (Oise); died 1995 in Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Renee Georgette Maria Cantor

    Born 1919 in Denain (Nord); died 2000 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Cantor in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany5 records

5 records of the Cantor name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Cantor

    From Mainz. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 5 October 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 141).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Helmut Cantor

    From Karlsruhe. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 26 August 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Cantor in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Cantor name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Isaac Cantor

    Buried in 1978 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 67.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Cantor in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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