Cognomen Cantera (Cantera 
) , across the world, is quite a common last name. The last name Cantera is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Uruguay, where it is quite a common surname, Mexico, where it is quite a rare surname, and Paraguay. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Mexico, Philippines, and Spain. Very seldom, Cantera is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Cantera | Spain, Uruguay, Philippines, Mexico, United States |
| diego de la cantera ES (b. 1520) |
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josé antonio remón cantera President of Panama (1908-1955), PA (b. 1908) |
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| josé montalvo cantera Spanish politician (1868-1936), ES (b. 1868) |
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santiago cantera montenegro Spanish Benedictine monk, theologian and medievalist, ES (b. 1972) |
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| jesús cantera ortiz de urbina Spanish French scholar and hebraist (1923-2017), ES (b. 1923) |
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zaida cantera Spanish politician, ES (b. 1977) |
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| el rey de la cantera escritor de el himno al canton mejia, EC (b. 1944) |
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| heber silva cantera Uruguayan association football player, UY (b. 1958) |
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| josé ignacio cantera Spanish rock drummer, ES (b. 1970) |
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| isabel cantera researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3161-1878) |
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| jose antonio betancourt cantera researcher |
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| josé ignacio romaní cantera Spanish politician, ES |
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| sara cantera researcher |
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| barry cantera college basketball player (1973–1973) Long Island University |
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| jacinto bátiz cantera ES |
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