Kantima Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kantima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Thailand741:954,572147,178
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
India141:54,790,384527,769
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Kantima (4,129) may also be a first name.

Kantima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kantima (Hindi: कान्तिमा, Oriya: କାିମା, Russian: Кантима) occurs most in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantima? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 966,131st most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Kantima live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 42 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kantima is also the 108,217th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 4,129 people.

The last name Kantima is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Outside of Malawi it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kantima Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kantima in the Oriya language
କାିମାkaima94.55
କାମ୍ିମାkamima1.82
Kantima in the Hindi language
कान्तिमाkantima50
कांतिमाkantima25
कंतिमाkantima25
Kantima in the Russian language
Кантимаkantima-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kantima
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