Cantay Surname
Approximately 862 people bear this surname
Cantay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 815 | 1:124,219 | 21,326 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Çantay (583) are calculated separately.
Cantay (33) may also be a first name.
Cantay Demographics
Average Cantay Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cantay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cantay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cantay is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Çantay. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 406,240th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,454,230 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Cantay live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 33 people.
It is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 815 people, or 1 in 124,219. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 49 percent reside, Eastern Visayas, where 22 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 8 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Cantay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cantay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cantay last name fell 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cantay Last Name Statistics demography
Cantay earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 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 Cantay
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