Kantang Surname

968,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kantang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1291:547,58494,071
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824

Kantang (295) may also be a first name.

Kantang Last Name Facts

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

Kantang is found most frequently in Thailand. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kantang is the 968,490th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Kantang are found; 61 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 48 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Kantang is also the 513,559th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 295 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 547,584. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Khon Kaen Province, where 63 percent live, Bangkok, where 9 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 38 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 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 Kantang
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