Kanthasamy Surname

116,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,974 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Kanthasamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanthasamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,2161:6,470944
Malaysia1331:221,76112,837
Canada1251:294,76527,374
India1201:6,392,212146,413
England971:574,41334,909
France531:1,253,259128,888
Qatar471:50,1704,949
Switzerland461:178,54216,145
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Norway171:302,48730,120
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Kanthasamy (1,326) may also be a first name.

Kanthasamy Last Name Facts

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

Kanthasamy (Marathi: कंठसामी) has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kanthasamy.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanthasamy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 116,074th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,833,806 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kanthasamy reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 215,753rd most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 1,326 people.

Kanthasamy is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 3,216 people, or 1 in 6,470. Excluding Sri Lanka Kanthasamy occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Kanthasamy Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kanthasamy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.09% less than the national average, earning 290,408 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 69.98% less than the national average, earning R 71,328 per year; in United States they earn 28.66% more than the national average, earning $55,516 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.45% more than the national average, earning $52,888 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanthasamy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanthasamy in the Marathi language
कंठसामीkanthasami-

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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 Kanthasamy
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