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 last name Gantang is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gantang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 293,736th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,605,805 people. The last name Gantang is mostly 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 widely held given name worldwide, held by 4,750 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,056 people, or 1 in 95,870. In The Philippines Gantang is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 70 percent live, National Capital Region, where 15 percent live and Calabarzon, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis