Kantema Surname
Approximately 818 people bear this surname
Kantema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Namibia | 144 | 1:16,732 | 2,990 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kantema (20) may also be a first name.
Kantema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kantema (Marathi: कंटेमा) is found most in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kantema is the 423,328th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. Kantema is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kantema reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 20 people.
The last name Kantema is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Apart from Malawi it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 18 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantema in the Marathi language | ||
| कंटेमा | kantema | - |
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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 Kantema
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