Kantchi Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Kantchi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 497 | 1:20,796 | 2,781 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kantchi (56) may also be a first name.
Kantchi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantchi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kantchi occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantchi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 573,706th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kantchi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kantchi is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 56 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 20,796. In Benin Kantchi is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 88 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 3 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 2 percent are found. Not including Benin this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 9 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kantchi
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