Canteh Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Canteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Canteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canteh is carried by more people in The Gambia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Canteh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Canteh are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
It is most widespread in The Gambia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 213,717. Without taking into account The Gambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent live and Mexico, where 9 percent live.
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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 Canteh
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