Where does this last name originate from?

Question:Kantor

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Kantor

This name can be found in early 1600s Germany around Wurtenburg. Remember, "Germany" wasn't a country then.

It's also known in Hungary and Czechoslovakia area in the early 1700s.

Kantor is a German word for an occupation similar to asst. preacher or minister of music /choirmaster as we know those today.

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Kantor
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cantor, an official of a synagogue whose duty is to sing liturgical music and leads prayers, from Latin cantor ‘singer’, a derivative of canere ‘to sing’.
German, Czech, Slovak, and northern Croatian; Hungarian (Kántor): occupational name for a choirmaster or village schoolmaster.
hope this helps.

The meaning of the surname KANTOR is - the soloist who sang liturgical music in the synagogue.