Cantones Surname

394,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cantones Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantones Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines8901:113,75119,664
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Cantoñes (1) are calculated separately.

Cantones Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cantones is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Cantoñes. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantones? popularity and diffusion

It is the 394,201st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,133,422 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Cantones reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 890 people, or 1 in 113,751. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Central Visayas, where 36 percent are found, Davao Region, where 18 percent are found and Eastern Visayas, where 12 percent are found. Beside The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 0 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Cantones
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