The canton Surname
canton Name Meaning and History
- Galician (Cantón): habitational name from places in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, in Galicia, named Cantón, from a derivative of canto ‘corner’ (see Canto).
- Southern French: topographic name, from Occitan canton ‘corner’, ‘angle’, denoting someone who lived on a street corner.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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