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cant Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish: unexplained. The surname appears in Scottish records from the 15th century; in at least one case it is believed to have come from Flanders.
  2. Americanized spelling of German Kant.

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cant Family Facts

Distribution of cant Families in the US in 1920
Number of cant families
 7-11
 3-6		 1-2
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Threads: 49 - Messages: 173
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Jackie Ribes researching Cant family, Lincolnshire Anne Brownlee 1
Birth of Foster CANT 1845/1846 Request Help guyfawkes11 3
James Cant born 1870 diway194 0
Cant family Essex/Suffolk Sally Francis 13
Jacob Cant thelenards1 0
Thomas Cant from Bo'ness rivercot 1
Cants-Northhamptonshire-Huntindonshire/Bedfordshire John Cant 32
CANT. ARTHUR JAMES glenniskelly 0
CANT, from Huntingdon Area lesleysawyer172 7
cant family lynne burns 0
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