Cantimir Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Cantimir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 43 | 1:82,823 | 10,501 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
Cantimir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cantimir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cantimir is found in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cantimir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cantimir are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Cantimir is most widely held in Moldova, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 82,823. In Moldova it is mostly concentrated in: Drochia District, where 47 percent live, Hîncești District, where 28 percent live and Ialoveni District, where 21 percent live. Beside Moldova it occurs in one country. It is also found in Romania, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantemir | 88 | 1,115 | / |
| Cantimer | 88 | 50 | / |
| Jantimir | 88 | 23 | / |
| Kantimir | 88 | 9 | / |
| Kantemir | 75 | 1,139 | / |
| Kantymir | 75 | 84 | / |
| Santimer | 75 | 47 | / |
| Jantemir | 75 | 14 | / |
| Kantimer | 75 | 14 | / |
| Kontimir | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kantimirova | 74 | 201 | / |
| Zantimirova | 74 | 38 | / |
| Cantemirova | 74 | 5 | / |
| Zhantemir | 71 | 53 | / |
| Kantimere | 71 | 4 | / |
| Khantemir | 71 | 4 | / |
| Santemier | 71 | 0 | / |
| Khantimirova | 70 | 291 | / |
| Zhantimirova | 70 | 15 | / |
| Dzhantemir | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Cantimir
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