Canet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Spain

This Spanish and Portugese topographic name Canet meant 'one who dwelt on a patch of stoney ground, or near a quarrey'. It was also a metonymic occupational name for a quarry man or mason, originally rendered in the Latin form "Cantus" (the rim or edge of a wheel).

Alternatively, the name could have been a local name, derived from the name of the place where the first person who brought it lived or had land. From the point of view of its etymology, this ancient word means "extremity or side", "tip or corner". From this information we can deduce that the first bearer of this surname probably lived near a quarry or in a fairly rocky place.

Early Origins of the Canet family

The surname Canet was first found in Aragon an ancient Kingdom of Spain.

Early History of the Canet family

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Canet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cañete, Canete, Canet, Caneta, Canette, Canetta, Canetons and many more.

Early Notables of the Canet family

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Canet Ranking

In France, the name Canet is the 1,324^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,287 people with that name. 1

Canet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Canet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pablo Canet immigrated to New Orleans in 1829
Tomas Canet, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1858 2

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)