Kanteris Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kanteris Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanteris Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece521:213,07333,423
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

Kanteris Last Name Facts

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

Kanteris is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanteris? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanteris is the 2,605,694th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Kanteris occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Kanteris reside; 95 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 213,073. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 98 percent are found and Crete, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Greece this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Lithuania, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Kanteris
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