Cantal

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Cantal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. In English, recorded as Alternative letter-case form of Cantal.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 59K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 329K
  • ESSpain1 in 333K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
36 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative letter-case form of Cantal.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

How Cantal is read(measured from records)

Cantal is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English46%

    Alternative letter-case form of Cantal.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Spanish29%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Cantal in Spanish.

  • French13%

    Cantal (cheese)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    Le cantal est un fromage à pâte dure élaboré avec du lait de vache. Il tire bien entendu son nom du département français.

    as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

  • Portuguese5.7%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Cantal in Portuguese.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cantal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Cantal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,800 est.≈1 in 59K—Cantal19
FR France≈210 est.≈1 in 329K40——
ES Spain1501 in 333K150Cantal36
BR Brazil951 in 2.2M95Cantal20
US United States≈66 est.≈1 in 5MlistedCantal18
GB United Kingdom≈14 est.≈1 in 4.6M—Cantal4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cantal is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia

    Also written Çantal

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Philippines, United States

    Also written Çantal

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Philippines, United States

    Also written Çantal

  • German surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Austria, Germany

    Also written Çantal

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Cantal is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Irish, plaintiveness, peevishness, petulance

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Cantal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—150#20,515
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—150#20,484
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—95#65,801
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198141—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199140—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195131—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191117—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cantal mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative letter-case form of Cantal. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Cantal have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Cantal in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cantal.
How common is the name Cantal?
In Spain, the national register counted 150 people named Cantal, about 1 in 333 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cantal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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