Frequency: (175)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (mainly southern): probably a habitational name from Canzano in Teramo province, named with the Latin personal name Cantius + the suffix -anu.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 11%. Domenic (3), Carmela, Carmelo, Giovanni, Vittorio.
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