Fantah Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Fantah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Fantah (29) may also be a first name.
Fantah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fantah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fantah (Hindi: फन्ताह) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fantah.
How Common Is The Last Name Fantah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Fantah live; 36 percent live in Central Africa and 36 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held forename globally It is held by 29 people.
The surname Fantah is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Fantah is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fantah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fantah in the Hindi language | ||
| फन्ताह | phantaha | 66.67 |
| फंतह | phantaha | 33.33 |
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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 Fantah
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