Kanteh Surname
Approximately 7,398 people bear this surname
Kanteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 6,763 | 1:284 | 67 |
| Spain | 402 | 1:116,299 | 9,136 |
| Liberia | 117 | 1:37,680 | 3,495 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Kanteh (14) may also be a first name.
Kanteh Demographics
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Kanteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanteh is more commonly found in The Gambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kanteh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanteh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 67,288th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 985,070 people. Kanteh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kanteh are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread forename in the world, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Gambia, where it is carried by 6,763 people, or 1 in 284. Not including The Gambia this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 5 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.
Kanteh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kanteh last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
Kanteh earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 44.72% less than the national average, earning $23,854 USD per year.
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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 Kanteh
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