Gantang Surname
Approximately 1,300 people bear this surname
Gantang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,056 | 1:95,870 | 16,691 |
| Indonesia | 122 | 1:1,084,010 | 78,297 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Gantang (4,750) may also be a first name.
Gantang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gantang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gantang is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gantang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 293,736th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,605,805 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Gantang live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 79 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gantang is also the 99,303rd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 4,750 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,056 people, or 1 in 95,870. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Central Luzon, where 70 percent live, National Capital Region, where 15 percent live and Calabarzon, where 6 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
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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 Gantang
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