Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
CANTOR
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
CANTOR. Lat. a singer ; a precentor in a church, still so styled in cathedral churches.
Religion of origin: Jewish
Language of origin: Hebrew