Canton

family name

Intangible Family Name Q16865349

Facts

10 properties

Instance of: family name
Language of work or name: English, Spanish^[3]^[4]
Caverphone: KNTN11^[11]
Cologne phonetics: 4626^[10]
Different from: Canton^[8]
Has characteristic: name without diacritical marks^[6]
Native label: Canton^[7]
Said to be the same as: Cantón^[5]
Soundex: C535^[9]
Writing system: Latin script^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en Canton ja カントン ru Кэнтон zh 坎顿 zh-hant 坎頓

🔖 Identifiers · 3

Geneanet family name ID: CANTON
Géopatronyme ID: CANTON
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Surname", "Canton"]

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Summary

Canton is a family name^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Canton is an instance of family name (Q101352) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_canton-q16865349_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Canton}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/canton-q16865349}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-10}}

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