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
Kantele (Russian: Кантеле) is most common in Finland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantele? popularity and diffusion
Kantele is the 1,088,856th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Kantele reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 55 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name Kantele is most frequently used in Finland, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 44,328. In Finland it is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 63 percent are found, Southwest Finland, where 9 percent are found and Northern Savonia, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Finland it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found 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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- 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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