Gantoa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gantoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gantoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gantoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gantoa (Arabic: غنطوي) is found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gantoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Gantoa are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gantoa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Gantoa is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gantoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gantoa in the Arabic language | ||
| غنطوي | ghntwy | - |
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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
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- 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 Gantoa
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