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
Gantang is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gantang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gantang is the 293,736th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,605,805 people. Gantang is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Gantang are found; 91 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 79 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 99,303rd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 4,750 people.
Gantang is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,056 people, or 1 in 95,870. In The Philippines Gantang is primarily found in: Central Luzon, where 70 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 15 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 6 percent are found. Not including The Philippines Gantang occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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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