Cantoneiro Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Cantoneiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantoneiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Cantoneiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cantoneiro is most common in Portugal. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantoneiro? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Cantoneiro occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Cantoneiro reside; 93 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Portugal, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 372,080. Besides Portugal this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Switzerland, where 3 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
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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 Cantoneiro
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