Cantano Surname

325,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cantano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines8551:118,40720,414
Spain1801:259,73416,413
Brazil521:4,116,814111,429
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Cantaño (3) are calculated separately.

Cantano Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cantano Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cantano is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Cantaño. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cantano.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantano? popularity and diffusion

It is the 325,257th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,370,232 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Cantano live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 855 people, or 1 in 118,407. In The Philippines Cantano is most prevalent in: Central Visayas, where 37 percent are found, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 13 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 13 percent are found. Beside The Philippines it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Cantano Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cantano surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Cantano earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.65% less than the national average, earning $32,083 USD per year.

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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 Cantano
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