Cantau Surname
Approximately 577 people bear this surname
Cantau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 484 | 1:137,237 | 21,031 |
| Romania | 76 | 1:264,182 | 24,594 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Cantau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cantau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cantau is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 552,857th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,630,062 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cantau reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
Cantau is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 484 people, or 1 in 137,237. In France Cantau is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 62 percent reside, Occitanie, where 21 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 4 percent reside. Outside of France it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 13 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Cantau
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