Canteral Surname

450,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 754 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Canteral Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Canteral Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador7511:21,1802,936
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Canteral Last Name Facts

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

The surname Canteral is carried by more people in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Canteral? popularity and diffusion

The surname Canteral is the 450,743rd most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,665,180 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Canteral are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Andean South America.

The surname Canteral is most commonly used in Ecuador, where it is borne by 751 people, or 1 in 21,180. In Ecuador it is most numerous in: Guayas Province, where 39 percent live, Los Ríos Province, where 39 percent live and Esmeraldas Province, where 6 percent live. Barring Ecuador Canteral occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Peru, where 0 percent live.

Canteral Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Canteral has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Canteral last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cantoral884,533/
Cantaral8814/
Cantorol752/
Cantreol751/
Contoral751/
Kantoral751/
Cantareil7139/
Cantareul719/
Cantreoll711/
Contoreal711/
Contorreal672/
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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 Canteral
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