Kantig Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Kantig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kantig Last Name Facts

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

Kantig (Hindi: कान्तीग) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantig? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kantig live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Tai-Asia.

The surname Kantig is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 11,773,058. In Thailand Kantig is most frequent in: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 67 percent reside, Chiang Mai Province, where 17 percent reside and Narathiwat Province, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Thailand this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent reside and Germany, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khantig92118/
Kanteig921/
Kantik83783/
Kantic8326/
Kontig8311/
Cantig833/
Kanteg831/
Kamntigue801/
Kantiok771,533/
Kanthik7798/
Khantik7733/
Kantike7713/
Caintig772/
Kantoik771/
Kantick771/
Khantic771/
Kantiek771/
Khanthik71175/
Kantioyk7111/
Catintig714/
Khantiok712/
Kantthik711/
Cantigue711/
Kantek67699/
Cantik67415/
Kontic67151/
Kontik6773/
Contig6742/
Cantic6739/
Kontiq6738/
Kantikova6733/
Kantík6713/
Kantec675/

Kantig Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kantig in the Hindi language
कान्तीगkantiga50
कंटिगkantiga50

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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 Kantig
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