Kantayya Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United States

Kantayya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantayya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India291:26,450,530346,896
United States261:13,940,728505,428

Kantayya (547) may also be a first name.

Kantayya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kantayya (Marathi: कांत, Oriya: କାାୟା) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kantayya.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantayya? popularity and diffusion

Kantayya is the 2,605,694th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Kantayya is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Kantayya are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kantayya is also the 360,211th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 547 people.

This surname is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 26,450,530. In India it is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 62 percent live, Telangana, where 24 percent live and Odisha, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account India Kantayya exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 47 percent live.

Kantayya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kantayya last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

Kantayya earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanthayya9410/
Kantaiya8813/
Kantya8627/
Kanthaiya8224/
Kamthayya821/
Khantya8042/
Kantajha757/
Kaunntya755/
Khanthya751/
Kontayao751/
Kantao712,934/
Kantia71176/
Kantyo7166/
Kantja7152/
Kontya719/
Kantaweea711/
Kounteyya711/
Khantia67149/
Khantao67133/
Kauntia67126/
Kanthia6767/
Kanteah6714/
Kantjha6712/
Gkantia678/
Kantaou676/
Khontya675/
Khantyo673/
Kantjai673/
Kantaho671/
Kanttao671/
Kantioy671/
Keantao671/
Kanthao671/
Kantoua671/
Kanteha671/
Kantiah671/
Khantea671/

Kantayya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kantayya in the Oriya language
କାାୟାkaaya-
Kantayya in the Marathi language
कांतkanta87.5
कंटkanta6.25
कान्त्याkantya6.25

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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 Kantayya
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