Kantan Surname
Approximately 10,536 people bear this surname
Kantan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9,493 | 1:80,803 | 5,451 |
| Liberia | 628 | 1:7,020 | 831 |
| United Arab Emirates | 102 | 1:89,826 | 8,037 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Malaysia | 72 | 1:409,642 | 21,284 |
| Thailand | 43 | 1:1,642,752 | 213,663 |
| Turkey | 34 | 1:2,288,865 | 74,619 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Latvia | 9 | 1:227,783 | 22,848 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kantan (12,022) may also be a first name.
Kantan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kantan (Bengali: কান্তন, Hindi: कान्तां, Marathi: कांतन, Oriya: ପଧାନ, Russian: Кантан) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kantan is the 48,874th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 691,681 people. The surname Kantan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kantan reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kantan is also the 54,092nd most prevalent first name internationally, held by 12,022 people.
The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 9,493 people, or 1 in 80,803. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 98 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found and Karnataka, where 0 percent are found. Barring India Kantan is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 6 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantan in the Bengali language | ||
| কান্তন | kantana | - |
| Kantan in the Marathi language | ||
| कांतन | kantana | 72.29 |
| कन्तन | kantana | 6.02 |
| कांतां | kantam | 4.82 |
| कंटन | kantana | 3.61 |
| कांतान | kantana | 3.61 |
| कँटन | kamtana | 2.41 |
| कान्तां | kantam | 2.41 |
| कान्तन | kantana | 2.41 |
| िकसन | ikasana | 1.2 |
| कंतन | kantana | 1.2 |
| Kantan in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 50 |
| କାନ | kana | 50 |
| Kantan in the Hindi language | ||
| कान्तां | kantam | 24.24 |
| कन्तान | kantana | 15.15 |
| कान्तन | kantana | 9.09 |
| कान्तं | kantam | 9.09 |
| कन्तां | kantam | 6.06 |
| कंतन | kantana | 6.06 |
| कन्तन | kantana | 6.06 |
| कंटन | kantana | 6.06 |
| कण्तान | kantana | 3.03 |
| कणटन | kanatana | 3.03 |
| कांतन | kantana | 3.03 |
| कन्टन | kantana | 3.03 |
| आर | ara | 3.03 |
| कांतं | kantam | 3.03 |
| Kantan in the Russian language | ||
| Кантан | kantan | - |
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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 Kantan
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