Cantenys Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Cantenys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantenys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1281:365,25020,590
France811:820,03498,127
Argentina781:547,99239,725
England31:18,572,686338,250
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Cantenys Last Name Facts

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

Cantenys is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantenys? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 910,497th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Cantenys reside; 44 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname Cantenys is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 365,250. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Catalonia, where 100 percent reside. Beside Spain Cantenys is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 28 percent reside and Argentina, where 27 percent reside.

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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 Cantenys
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