Kantakan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kantakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kantakan (31) may also be a first name.

Kantakan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kantakan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kantakan occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantakan? popularity and diffusion

Kantakan is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Kantakan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kantakan reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 31 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Thailand, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 14,127,669. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Lampang Province, where 80 percent live and Bangkok, where 20 percent live. Outside of Thailand this surname is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 17 percent live.

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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 Kantakan
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