Last name: CANT
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CANT : This last name is indexed 47,971 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CANT : 1: English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English cant caunt ‘bold brave fierce’.3: Americanized form of German Kant.2: English and Scottish: from Old French cant caunt ‘song’; see Chant.
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