Cantaş Surname

271,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Cantaş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantaş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,3341:58,3375,633
Northern Cyprus981:3,255507
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Cantas (68) are calculated separately.

Cantaş (40) may also be a first name.

Cantaş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cantaş occurs most in Turkey. It can appear as: Cantas. For other possible spellings of Cantaş click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantaş? popularity and diffusion

Cantaş is the 271,821st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,085,517 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Cantaş live; 83 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread forename globally, borne by 40 people.

The last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,334 people, or 1 in 58,337. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live, Eskisehir Province, where 14 percent live and Kirikkale Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 7 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cantas9468/
Kantaş832,031/
Santaş83162/
Cantaz8366/
Cantac831/
Cantais77689/
Cantaix7735/
Cantace772/
Camntaj771/
Cantos6731,973/
Kantas671,933/
Santas671,458/
Kontaş671,159/
Jantas67325/
Contac67229/
Jantač67165/
Qantas67148/
Contas67127/
Sontaş6784/
Camtas6772/
Kantac6752/
Contax6730/
Jantac6716/
Cantoc6711/
Kantaz678/
Cantós676/
Zantaj675/
Qantaj674/
Zantac672/
Jantaś672/
Santaz672/
Kantax671/
Kantaj671/
Zantas671/
Cantoz670/

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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 Cantaş
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