Kantay Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Kantay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 111 | 1:701,094 | 35,880 |
| Kazakhstan | 64 | 1:276,289 | 23,675 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kantay (183) may also be a first name.
Kantay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kantay (Hindi: कान्ती, Russian: Кантай) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,048,281st most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. Kantay is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kantay are found; 41 percent are found in West Asia and 41 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Kantay is also the 673,127th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 183 people.
Kantay is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 701,094. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Bartin Province, where 50 percent are found, Isparta Province, where 14 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 27 percent are found and India, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantay in the Hindi language | ||
| कान्ती | kanti | 33.33 |
| कान्टया | kantaya | 33.33 |
| कन्टया | kantaya | 33.33 |
| Kantay in the Russian language | ||
| Кантай | kantaj | - |
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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 Kantay
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