Cantafia Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Cantafia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantafia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cantafi9327/
Cantafio881,320/
Cantaffa88242/
Cantaffi882/
Cantafoi881/
Cantaffio824/
Canatafio821/
Contafi803/
Cantava802/
Kantafa801/
Cantavi801/
Cantf771/
Canetava7535/
Contafio7524/
Canetavi7512/
Cantáfio752/
Santofia751/
Canatava751/
Canaetava711,538/
Cantav71228/
Canaetavi71161/
Candaffio7121/
Cainetava713/
Cantiv712/
Contevaia712/
Ccanetavi711/
Canietava711/
Cantof710/
Canuto Fiaux705/
Cantave6711,010/
Candava67911/
Cantova6784/
Gandafa6770/
Ccanaetavi6751/
Cantiva6722/
Kandafi6716/
Kantafo6712/
Kentafi675/
Kantava675/
Chnitaf674/
Gandafi674/
Cantivo672/
Kantafu672/
Kandafa672/
Cantauv671/
Kantavi671/
Candavi671/
Cantuva671/
Canetav671/
Contafe671/
Chanthaphio63156/
Santofio631/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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