Kanteper Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Kanteper Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanteper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1011:770,50938,247
Northern Cyprus101:31,9016,529
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kanteper Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanteper is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanteper? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,710,039th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname Kanteper occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Kanteper are found; 71 percent are found in West Asia and 71 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

Kanteper is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 770,509. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 28 percent live, Agri Province, where 20 percent live and Kocaeli Province, where 20 percent live. Beside Turkey this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 9 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kantepe9383/
Kantapper821/
Cantepe80865/
Kantepa80721/
Kanteppa7514/
Cantepie752/
Kantiepa751/
Cantopher7142/
Kanthepha7119/
Kantheppa711/
Kantteppa711/
Kanthipet711/
Kantheepa711/
Contepe6716/
Camtepe6711/
Kamtipe671/
Cantiepa631/
Khantipi631/
Contopher591/
Cantipa533/
Kamtipj531/
Cantipay501/

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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 Kanteper
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