Kantai Surname
Approximately 1,586 people bear this surname
Kantai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,405 | 1:32,868 | 3,593 |
| Thailand | 69 | 1:1,023,744 | 155,957 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Kantai (12,494) may also be a first name.
Kantai Demographics
Kantai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kantai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kantai (Bengali: কান্তাই, Hindi: कान्ति, Marathi: कांताई, Oriya: କାଇ) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 250,142nd most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,594,922 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kantai live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 52,727th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 12,494 people.
The surname Kantai is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,405 people, or 1 in 32,868. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Narok County, where 52 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 25 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Kantai exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Kantai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kantai surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kantai earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.88% less than the national average, earning $29,391 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantai in the Bengali language | ||
| কান্তাই | kanta'i | - |
| Kantai in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଇ | ka'i | 40 |
| କାଯର୍ୀ | kayari | 20 |
| କଣ୍ତାଈ | kanta'i | 20 |
| କାାଇ | kaa'i | 20 |
| Kantai in the Hindi language | ||
| कान्ति | kanti | 36.67 |
| कान्ती | kanti | 33.33 |
| कांताी | kantai | 10 |
| कान्ताी | kantai | 10 |
| कांति | kanti | 3.33 |
| कन्तई | kanta'i | 3.33 |
| कान्ताि | kantai | 3.33 |
| Kantai in the Marathi language | ||
| कांताई | kanta'i | 36.36 |
| कंटै | kantai | 18.18 |
| कंटाई | kanta'i | 18.18 |
| कांता | kanta | 9.09 |
| कन्टै | kantai | 9.09 |
| कांती | kanti | 9.09 |
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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 Kantai
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