Kanth Surname
Approximately 23,979 people bear this surname
Kanth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 18,291 | 1:41,937 | 2,928 |
| Sri Lanka | 3,508 | 1:5,932 | 865 |
| United Arab Emirates | 385 | 1:23,798 | 2,703 |
| Nepal | 344 | 1:82,793 | 1,923 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| United States | 172 | 1:2,107,319 | 133,796 |
| England | 157 | 1:354,892 | 25,525 |
| Sweden | 85 | 1:115,844 | 8,286 |
| Malaysia | 79 | 1:373,345 | 19,730 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Finland | 50 | 1:109,934 | 10,946 |
| Pakistan | 50 | 1:3,572,878 | 26,888 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Oman | 13 | 1:283,690 | 4,528 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:1,619,958 | 85,073 |
Kanth (5,496) may also be a first name.
Kanth Demographics
Average Male Kanth Height
173 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kanth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanth Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanth (Bengali: কন্ঠ, Hindi: कंठ, Marathi: कंठ, Oriya: କ, Tibetan: ཀཱནཊ་) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanth? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanth is the 22,656th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 303,914 people. The surname Kanth occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kanth live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 90,591st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,496 people.
Kanth is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 18,291 people, or 1 in 41,937. In India it is primarily found in: Telangana, where 31 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 19 percent are found and Bihar, where 12 percent are found. Besides India Kanth occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 15 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found.
Kanth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kanth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kanth surname rose 555 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 15,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kanth Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kanth last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kanth earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.76% less than the national average, earning 215,394 kr per year; in United States they earn 31.96% more than the national average, earning $56,941 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6% more than the national average, earning $52,662 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanth Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanth in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀཱནཊ་ | kanaT | - |
| Kanth in the Marathi language | ||
| कंठ | kantha | 73.13 |
| कन्थ | kantha | 5.97 |
| कँथ | kamtha | 5.97 |
| कंथ | kantha | 4.98 |
| कांथ | kantha | 4.98 |
| कांत | kanta | 1 |
| ीकांत | ikanta | 1 |
| Kanth in the Bengali language | ||
| কন্ঠ | kantha | 66.67 |
| কণ্ঠ | kantha | 33.33 |
| Kanth in the Oriya language | ||
| କ | ka | 65.29 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 5.35 |
| କା | ka | 5.26 |
| ସାହୁ | sahu | 5 |
| କୁମାର | kumara | 4.91 |
| ମାଝୀ | majhi | 2.02 |
| ରଣା | rana | 0.7 |
| ପାତ | pata | 0.61 |
| ଲତା | lata | 0.26 |
| ନାଥ | natha | 0.26 |
| ରଥ | ratha | 0.26 |
| ମଣି | mani | 0.18 |
| ସନ | sana | 0.18 |
| ପାଟ | pata | 0.09 |
| ମାନ | mana | 0.09 |
| କଟା | kata | 0.09 |
| ରଣ | rana | 0.09 |
| ଯାନି | yani | 0.09 |
| Kanth in the Hindi language | ||
| कंठ | kantha | 64.46 |
| कण्ठ | kantha | 18.54 |
| कन्ठ | kantha | 13.93 |
| कन्थ | kantha | 1.19 |
| कंथ | kantha | 0.32 |
| कान्त | kanta | 0.24 |
| कान्थ | kantha | 0.2 |
| कंठ् | kanth | 0.16 |
| कान्ठ | kantha | 0.16 |
| कंठा | kantha | 0.08 |
| काण्ठ | kantha | 0.08 |
| कांथ | kantha | 0.08 |
| कांठ | kantha | 0.08 |
| कन्ठे | kanthe | 0.04 |
| कान्ति | kanti | 0.04 |
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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 Kanth
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