Gantau Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Gantau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
Gantau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gantau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gantau is most common in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gantau? popularity and diffusion
Gantau is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Gantau is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Gantau live; 55 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
It is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 12,022,654. In Indonesia Gantau is most common in: Aceh, where 100 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 45 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 Gantau
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