Cântara

surname · Latin script

Cântara is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Cantara.

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 284K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 537K
  • BRBrazil1 in 2.1M

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.

United States (measured from records)

619 people, 2010

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 284K (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cantara in PH Philippines, US United States, PE Peru and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Cantara.

Sources 3

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • Wiktionary
  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cântara 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 Cântara is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States6191 in 537K619Cantara34
BR Brazil1021 in 2.1M102Cantara23
PT Portugal≈36 est.≈1 in 284K—Cantara8
BE Belgium11 in 12M1——
PH Philippines———Cantara15
PE Peru———Cantara15

619 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)

Cântara is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cantara

  • English surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Arabic

    Also written Cantara, Cántara, Canťara, Čãntárâ

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Cântara under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cântara mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Cantara. Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Cântara have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 619 people named Cântara, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cantara.
How common is the name Cântara?
In the United States, the national register counted 619 people named Cântara in 2010, about 1 in 537 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, “Cântara”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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