Cantaño Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Cantaño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantaño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

The alternate forms: Cantano (1,144) are calculated separately.

Cantaño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cantaño occurs in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Cantano. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantaño? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Cantaño are found; 67 percent are found in South America and 67 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

Cantaño is most prevalent in Colombia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,887,036. In Colombia Cantaño is mostly found in: Antioquia Department, where 50 percent live and Atlántico Department, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Colombia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 33 percent live.

Cantaño Last Name Statistics demography

Cantaño earn significantly less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 34.85% less than the national average, earning $14,790,500 COP 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 Cantaño
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