Save Type Surname Usage Norman, English (British), German (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi, Americanized) Scripts קנסר(Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. /kɑ̃.sɛʁ/(Norman) /ˈkæn.sə/(British English) /ˈkan.t͡sɐ/(German) /ˈkan.t͡sɛr/(Jewish (Ashkenazi)) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsCantor, Kanter, Kantor Meaning & History English (Middlesex, of Norman origin): variant of Cantor.Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kanter and perhaps also of Kantor.