Gantong Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Gantong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 408 | 1:248,133 | 37,228 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Gantong (1,087) may also be a first name.
Gantong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gantong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gantong (Tibetan: འགན་སྟོང་།) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gantong? popularity and diffusion
Gantong is the 677,464th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. The surname Gantong occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Gantong live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gantong is also the 242,116th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,087 people.
It is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 408 people, or 1 in 248,133. In The Philippines Gantong is mostly concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 31 percent reside, Bicol, where 27 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 15 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gantong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gantong in the Tibetan language | ||
| འགན་སྟོང་། | gentong | - |
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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 Gantong
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