Kantans Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kantans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia391:52,5657,946
England151:3,714,537119,675
Russia51:28,824,611530,332

Kantans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kantans (Russian: Кантанс) occurs most in Latvia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantans? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. Kantans occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kantans reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 66 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

It is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 52,565. In Latvia Kantans is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 49 percent are found, Latgale, where 41 percent are found and Semigallia, where 5 percent are found. Barring Latvia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kontans861/
Kanthams803/
Cantons71167/
Kontons7121/
Contans712/
Cantanz712/
Kanthamshe711/
Canteins6728/
Contanse671/
Cantance670/
Kanthonje634/
Quantance633/
Kountouns631/
Quamtanse630/
Cantanche630/
Quaintance591,644/
Contons5723/
Camtons570/
Quaintaince563/
Contance5318/
Cantonce531/
Quamtance500/

Kantans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kantans in the Russian language
Кантансkantans-

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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 Kantans
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