Kanthira Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kanthira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanthira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kanthira (207) may also be a first name.

Kanthira Last Name Facts

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

Kanthira is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanthira? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Kanthira occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Kanthira reside; 58 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 58 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 629,010th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 207 people.

The surname Kanthira is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 10,091,192. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Chiang Mai Province, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 33 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

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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 Kanthira
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