El Kanta Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

El Kanta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Kanta Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger451:426,48911,711
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Kanta Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Kanta occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Kanta? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name El Kanta is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of El Kanta reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Chadic Africa.

This last name is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 426,489. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 71 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 29 percent are found. Apart from Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 2 percent are found and Yemen, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Kanti88206/
El Kanty881/
El Khantach84356/
El Khantash841/
El Kantou821/
El Konty751/
El Konti751/
El-Khantach741/
El Kounti71253/
El Kounty712/
El Khantouch701/
El Khounti671/
El Conti631/
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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 El Kanta
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