Cantafora Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Cantafora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 97 | 1:630,481 | 57,010 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Cantafora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cantafora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cantafora has its highest incidence in Italy. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantafora? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. Cantafora occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Cantafora reside; 86 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 86 percent reside in Italic Europe.
The surname is most common in Italy, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 630,481. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Calabria, where 65 percent are found, Lazio, where 20 percent are found and Lombardy, where 10 percent are found. Barring Italy this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 12 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantafaro | 78 | 23 | / |
| Canetavara | 74 | 1 | / |
| Cantivar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kantvara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Canto Faria | 70 | 3 | / |
| Cantovieira | 70 | 1 | / |
| Contaifer | 67 | 101 | / |
| Cantopher | 67 | 42 | / |
| Cantavero | 67 | 29 | / |
| Contaefer | 67 | 17 | / |
| Chanthaphara | 67 | 11 | / |
| Cantoviri | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gantefoer | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kintafera | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kantavara | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gantefohr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chanthaphori | 67 | 2 | / |
| Candavira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Candavara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canuto Faria | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kantavira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cantivera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Contaffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canto Vieira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanthasfuri | 60 | 3 | / |
| Khanthaphatra | 55 | 4 | / |
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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 Cantafora
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