Kanteka Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kanteka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanteka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Kanteka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanteka has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanteka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanteka is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Kanteka live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 3,169,984. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Central Province, where 80 percent are found and Southern Province, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 38 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 Kanteka
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