Fantan Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Botswana

Fantan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fantan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines521:1,946,889117,777
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Fantan (54) may also be a first name.

Fantan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fantan (Arabic: فانتان, Hindi: फन्तन, Marathi: फंटन, Russian: Фантан) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fantan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Fantan live; 49 percent live in Southeast Asia and 49 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Fantan is also the 1,350,955th most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 54 people.

This last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,946,889. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Soccsksargen, where 98 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 2 percent reside. Other than The Philippines it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.

Fantan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fantan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fantan surname decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fantan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fantan in the Marathi language
फंटनphantana-
Fantan in the Hindi language
फन्तनphantana85.71
फंतनphantana14.29
Fantan in the Russian language
Фантанfantan-
Fantan in the Arabic language
فانتانfantan-

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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 Fantan
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