Cantara Surname
Approximately 2,742 people bear this surname
Cantara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,569 | 1:64,524 | 10,978 |
| United States | 616 | 1:588,407 | 48,054 |
| Canada | 127 | 1:290,123 | 26,993 |
| Italy | 125 | 1:489,254 | 50,132 |
| France | 109 | 1:609,383 | 80,423 |
| Peru | 38 | 1:836,424 | 17,653 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Cântara (4) & Cántara (2) are calculated separately.
Cantara (1,526) may also be a first name.
Cantara Demographics
Average Cantara Salary in
United States
$47,950 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cantara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cantara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cantara is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Cântara or Cántara. For other potential spellings of Cantara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantara? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 159,173rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,657,748 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Cantara are found; 58 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 57 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Cantara is also the 198,636th most common forename at a global level, held by 1,526 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,569 people, or 1 in 64,524. In The Philippines Cantara is primarily found in: Calabarzon, where 59 percent reside, Western Visayas, where 18 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Cantara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cantara has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cantara last name grew 3,850 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cantara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cantara surname are 41.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.74% being registered with the political party.
The amount Cantara earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 18.04% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,887 per year; in United States they earn 11.13% more than the national average, earning $47,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.93% less than the national average, earning $36,799 CAD 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 Cantara
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