Kantawa Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kantawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand361:1,962,176235,280
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kantawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kantawa is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kantawa is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kantawa live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Tai-Asia.

The last name Kantawa is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 1,962,176. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Lamphun Province, where 50 percent reside, Chiang Mai Province, where 33 percent reside and Nonthaburi Province, where 11 percent reside. Other than Thailand Kantawa exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.

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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
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