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
Average Kanteh Salary in
United States
$23,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanteh has its highest incidence in The Gambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanteh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanteh is the 67,288th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 985,070 people. The surname Kanteh occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kanteh live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Kanteh is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Gambia, where it is borne by 6,763 people, or 1 in 284. Outside of The Gambia it occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 5 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.
Kanteh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kanteh are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with 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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