Cañete History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Cañete

What does the name Cañete mean?

This Spanish and Portugese topographic name Cañete 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 Cañete family

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

Early History of the Cañete family

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Cañete Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Cañete family

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Cañete migration to the United States +

Cañete Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Pedro and Luis Canete who immigrated to Guatemala in 1577
Miguel De Canete who settled in Rio de la Plata in 1594

Cañete Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alonso Canete, who landed in America in 1828 1
Manuel Canete, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 1
Cristobal Canete, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 1
Cristobal Canete Garcia who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860
Luis Canete, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1881 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Cañete (post 1700) +

Manuel Cañete, Spanish journalist and literary critic
Ariel Cañete (b. 1975), Argentine golfer
Ciriaco "Cacoy" Cañete (b. 1919), Filipino martial artist and head of Doce Pares eskrima

Sources +

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)