Cantaros Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cantaros Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantaros Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2541:398,57651,144
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Cántaros (1) are calculated separately.

Cantaros Last Name Facts

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

Cantaros occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Cántaros. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantaros? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cantaros is the 988,329th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Cantaros reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 254 people, or 1 in 398,576. In The Philippines Cantaros is mostly found in: Northern Mindanao, where 22 percent live, Central Visayas, where 19 percent live and National Capital Region, where 18 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.

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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 Cantaros
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