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 most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gantoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found 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 last name Gantoa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Gantoa is most numerous in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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