Cantos

Borrowed from Spanish Cantos. Usually a Filipino surname, but also a Spanish surname, prevalent in Ecuador and parts of Spain.

Cantos (plural Cantoses)

1. A surname from Spanish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cantos is the 27185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 890 individuals. Cantos is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.96%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (19.55%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cantos”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 281.

• Caston, Octans, actons, cast on, octans

• IPA^(key): /ˈkantos/ [ˈkãn̪.t̪os]
• Rhymes: -antos
• Syllabification: Can‧tos

Cantos m or f by sense

1. a surname

• According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Cantos occurs in Spain as a first surname by 6,206 individuals, and as a second surname by 6,032 individuals. It is prevalent in Barcelona, Albacete, Málaga, Madrid, Alicante, Cádiz and Granada.

Borrowed from Spanish.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkantos/ [ˈkan.tos]
• Rhymes: -antos
• Syllabification: Can‧tos

Cantos (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cantos is the 654^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 14,414 individuals.