Cantafia Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Cantafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cantafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cantafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cantafia occurs in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantafia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Cantafia occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Cantafia live; 95 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent live in Italic Europe.
The surname Cantafia is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 3,397,594. In Italy Cantafia is most common in: Sicily, where 94 percent reside and Lazio, where 6 percent reside. Other than Italy this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantafi | 93 | 27 | / |
| Cantafio | 88 | 1,320 | / |
| Cantaffa | 88 | 242 | / |
| Cantaffi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Cantafoi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Cantaffio | 82 | 4 | / |
| Canatafio | 82 | 1 | / |
| Contafi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Cantava | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kantafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cantavi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cantf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Canetava | 75 | 35 | / |
| Contafio | 75 | 24 | / |
| Canetavi | 75 | 12 | / |
| Cantáfio | 75 | 2 | / |
| Santofia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Canatava | 75 | 1 | / |
| Canaetava | 71 | 1,538 | / |
| Cantav | 71 | 228 | / |
| Canaetavi | 71 | 161 | / |
| Candaffio | 71 | 21 | / |
| Cainetava | 71 | 3 | / |
| Cantiv | 71 | 2 | / |
| Contevaia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ccanetavi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Canietava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cantof | 71 | 0 | / |
| Canuto Fiaux | 70 | 5 | / |
| Cantave | 67 | 11,010 | / |
| Candava | 67 | 911 | / |
| Cantova | 67 | 84 | / |
| Gandafa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Ccanaetavi | 67 | 51 | / |
| Cantiva | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kandafi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kantafo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kentafi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kantava | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chnitaf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gandafi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cantivo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kantafu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kandafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cantauv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kantavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Candavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cantuva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canetav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Contafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chanthaphio | 63 | 156 | / |
| Santofio | 63 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cantafia
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