Cantunes Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Cantunes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantunes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Cantunes Last Name Facts

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

Cantunes is held by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantunes? popularity and diffusion

Cantunes is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Cantunes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Cantunes reside; 80 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 80 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name Cantunes is most frequently held in Portugal, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,604,560. Barring Portugal it exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cantune9314/
Cantones88896/
Cantunez8828/
Santunes8813/
Cantines882/
Cantunis881/
Cantounet8239/
Cantone806,943/
Cantuna80370/
Cantuni80234/
Cantounnet781/
Cantonis7543/
Contines7517/
Kantuner754/
Kantoune752/
Khantune751/
Contones751/
Cantonez751/
Kantounis7188/
Cantuñ711/
Saintunis711/
Contouner710/
Cantuña671,776/
Cantona67941/
Kantone6798/
Kantuni6781/
Kantuna6738/
Cantony6710/
Contone674/
Contuna671/
Cantóni671/
Cantuñi671/

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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 Cantunes
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