Kantho Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Kantho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 118 | 1:598,630 | 101,799 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Kantho (654) may also be a first name.
Kantho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kantho (Hindi: कन्ठो) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kantho.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantho? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,422,956th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Kantho is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Kantho live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 78 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 324,709th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 654 people.
The last name is most widely held in Thailand, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 598,630. In Thailand Kantho is most prevalent in: Chiang Mai Province, where 81 percent reside, Bangkok, where 8 percent reside and Chiang Rai Province, where 3 percent reside. Not including Thailand it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 11 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantho in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्ठो | kantho | 46.49 |
| कंठो | kantho | 32.46 |
| कण्ठो | kantho | 16.67 |
| कन्थो | kantho | 1.75 |
| कंथो | kantho | 1.32 |
| कान्ठो | kantho | 0.88 |
| कनठो | kanatho | 0.44 |
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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 Kantho
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