Meaning of the surname Cantú
Cantú is a Italian surname of the from a place type meaning "from Cantù". It is a regional surname. Brought to Nuevo León by Italian-descended settlers in the 1600s; now a marker of northeastern families.
Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Cantú appears as either half of a pair: Cantú García, López Cantú. Read how the two-surname system works.