Cantur Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Cantur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania671:299,67027,018
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
France11:66,422,722504,397
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Cantur (30) may also be a first name.

Cantur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cantur is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cantur.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantur? popularity and diffusion

Cantur is the 2,047,559th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. Cantur is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Cantur reside; 80 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 80 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Cantur is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 30 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 299,670. In Romania it is most numerous in: Vaslui County, where 64 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 30 percent reside and Iași County, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Romania Cantur occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 percent reside.

Cantur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cantur has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chantur9212/
Canture9211/
Cantour922/
Canthur920/
Chanteur86739/
Cantor8333,674/
Santur835,577/
Kantur831,830/
Zantur83299/
Jantur8376/
Contur8370/
Chhanture801/
Contour77298/
Janthur77184/
Zhantur7780/
Conteur7748/
Kanture7739/
Zantour7732/
Kantour7729/
Kauntur7723/
Conture7716/
Khantur776/
Kaintur776/
Santhur776/
Kanthur775/
Chantúr775/
Ciantor773/
Cantoer771/
Qantour771/
Janturt770/
Jeanteur71134/
Kantaure71117/
Saintour714/
Kantuure712/
Khantour712/
Kanthuur711/
Kanthour711/
Contaure711/
Ceinteur711/
Quanture711/
Khanteur711/
Counture711/
Countour711/
Janthure711/
Kantor6718,959/
Contor67749/
Sontur67473/
Kontur67461/
Zontur67347/
Kanturova6759/
Santúr6718/
Kantór674/
Zantor672/
Khanthour671/
Kanturová671/
Jamtur671/

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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 Cantur
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