Kantengo Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kantengo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantengo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Kantengo Last Name Facts

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

Kantengo occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantengo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Kantengo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kantengo are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent reside and Zambia, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kantenga887,801/
Kantieno88194/
Cantengo884/
Kantingo882/
Kanthenga822,092/
Kanteng'a8217/
Kantienou824/
Kanthieno822/
Canteno8022/
Kantino8022/
Kantena803/
Konteno801/
Kanthengah781/
Kantiono7511,763/
Kantinga75335/
Cantenot75314/
Kanteena7561/
Kanthino7522/
Kantinos7514/
Kamtenga759/
Kantinou756/
Kounteno751/
Kantinoi751/
Kantiena751/
Kantinho751/
Kantionga71115/
Gkantinou715/
Kanthinoi712/
Kanthiono712/
Gkantinos712/
Casenteno711/
Kantionou711/
Cantino67627/
Canteño67592/
Khantionga67500/
Kantina67317/
Kanthainot67226/
Kanthionga6793/
Kontena6761/
Kontino6729/
Gkonteanou6725/
Conteno6711/
Cantena679/
Kantyna671/

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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 Kantengo
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