Farantos Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Farantos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farantos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3711:29,8654,622
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
France11:66,422,722504,397

Farantos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Farantos is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farantos? popularity and diffusion

The last name Farantos is the 737,137th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. The surname Farantos is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Farantos reside; 95 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The last name is most common in Greece, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 29,865. In Greece it is primarily found in: Central Greece, where 50 percent live, Attica, where 33 percent live and Thessaly, where 9 percent live. Besides Greece this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Bulgaria, where 0 percent live.

Farantos Last Name Statistics demography

Farantos earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 101.25% more than the national average, earning $86,837 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farrantos941/
Faranto931/
Farantou88143/
Farranto8884/
Faronto802/
Faranta801/
Vaaranto7517/
Vauranto7510/
Farantha754/
Foranta678/
Varanta677/
Faronta671/
Vaaranta6313/
Veiranto6311/
Varantha634/
Vourantas594/
Foronta531/
Vouranta501/
Vuoranta501/

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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 Farantos
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