The Kante surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 167 people carried this name — #100,194 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 293 people named Kante.
Most of them — 203 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 89 people named Kante live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Kante live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
In print
Kante in American newspapers,
1895–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,097 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kante.
- Kamp 3,721 · U.S. census
- Kampf 925 · U.S. census
- Kan 2,705 · U.S. census
- Kandel 1,242 · U.S. census
- Kane 48,527 · U.S. census
- Kania 3,111 · U.S. census
- Kany 134 · U.S. census
- Kapala 413 · U.S. census
- Kapfer 407 · U.S. census
- Kaplan 29,410 · U.S. census
- Kapp 3,957 · U.S. census
- Kappel 2,432 · U.S. census
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