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

Cantones is most common in The Philippines. It may also appear as a variant: Cantoñes. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantones? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cantones is the 394,201st most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,133,422 people. The last name Cantones is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Cantones live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held 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. Barring 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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