Catantan Surname

437,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 783 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Catantan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Catantan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines7661:132,16522,489
England121:4,643,172139,951
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Catantan Last Name Facts

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

Catantan occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Catantan? popularity and diffusion

Catantan is the 437,968th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 9,307,211 people. The surname Catantan is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Catantan reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 766 people, or 1 in 132,165. In The Philippines Catantan is most frequent in: Eastern Visayas, where 42 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 15 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Katantan883/
Castanton823/
Costantan821/
Sathanthan781/
Catamtam751/
Costantaine741/
Jatoontan714/
Kostantan711/
Kothanthan671/
Khatantham671/
Chathonthan535/
Khatoontoon533/

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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 Catantan
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