Last name קנטון (Kenton 
, Canton 
, קנטון 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The surname קנטון is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Suriname, and Belize, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Italy, and Mexico. Likewise, קנטון is the forename as well as the last name.