Cantway Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cantway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1331:2,725,255163,031
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Cantway Last Name Facts

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

Cantway is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantway? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,544,715th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Cantway live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Cantway is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 2,725,255. In The United States Cantway is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 36 percent reside, California, where 17 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States it is found in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Cantway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cantway has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cantway last name rose 887 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cantway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cantway surname are 32.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.85% being registered with the political party.

Cantway earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.18% more than the national average, earning $43,227 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Contway8696/
Santway867/
Cantuay861/
Countway80119/
Jeantway801/
Saintway800/
Cantua77651/
Santwa7723/
Kantwa779/
Contwa771/
Chandwa71234/
Sandway7120/
Santwah7110/
Santwai716/
Kandway715/
Kantwat714/
Cantuha714/
Condway712/
Canthua712/
Canduay711/
Comtway710/
Chaundwa67349/
Kandhway67190/
Cantuhas6721/
Chantwee671/
Sontwayi671/
Cantueja671/
Katentwa671/
Kanthwad671/
Khandway671/

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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 Cantway
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