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 occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantau? popularity and diffusion
Cantau is the 552,857th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 12,630,062 people. The last name Cantau is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cantau are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 484 people, or 1 in 137,237. In France Cantau is most numerous in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 62 percent are found, Occitanie, where 21 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 4 percent are found. Apart from France it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 13 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.
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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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