Kantele Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Kantele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 124 | 1:44,328 | 5,481 |
| Turkey | 72 | 1:1,080,853 | 47,659 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kantele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kantele (Russian: Кантеле) is found most in Finland. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,088,856th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. Kantele is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Kantele live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly held in Finland, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 44,328. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 63 percent are found, Southwest Finland, where 9 percent are found and Northern Savonia, where 6 percent are found. Beside Finland this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 32 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantele in the Russian language | ||
| Кантеле | kantele | - |
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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 Kantele
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