Fantani Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Fantani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fantani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran841:914,07843,588
Indonesia321:4,132,787209,071
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Fantani (22) may also be a first name.

Fantani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fantani is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fantani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Fantani are found; 63 percent are found in South Asia and 63 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 22 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 914,078. In Iran Fantani is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 29 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 21 percent reside and Alborz Province, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.

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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 Fantani
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