Cant Family History
- Cant Name Meaning
- Scottish: unexplained. The surname appears in Scottish records from the 15th century; in at least one case it is believed to have come from Flanders. Americanized spelling of German Kant.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 189,991 Historical Documents with Cant on Ancestry
- 65,668 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 45,643 Census and Voter Lists
- 12,349 Military Records
- 4,292 Immigration Records
- 62,039 Member Trees
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Number of Cant families
 166 - 329  56 - 165 |
 1 - 55  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cant families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Cant census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Cant census records
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