Kantande Surname
Approximately 736 people bear this surname
Kantande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Kantande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kantande is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantande? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 459,064th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kantande reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 706 people, or 1 in 24,248. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khantande | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kanthandee | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kantanda | 88 | 67 | / |
| Kantonde | 88 | 3 | / |
| Kantandi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Cantanhde | 82 | 7 | / |
| Cantander | 82 | 1 | / |
| Konthande | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kantanddi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kantondi | 75 | 100 | / |
| Kantonda | 75 | 79 | / |
| Kontonde | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kontandi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cantanehede | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kantamdai | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kountonde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kountandi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamtaundi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kontondi | 63 | 8 | / |
| Contandi | 63 | 3 | / |
| Konthondi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Cqamthandi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Khounthamdy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Contondi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kantande
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