Kantima Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Kantima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Thailand | 74 | 1:954,572 | 147,178 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanthima | 93 | 542 | / |
| Khantima | 93 | 4 | / |
| Kantimai | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kanntima | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kantimath | 88 | 245 | / |
| Khanthima | 88 | 60 | / |
| Kantimaha | 88 | 13 | / |
| Kasentima | 88 | 8 | / |
| Kanthimat | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kanthimai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanthimha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kantema | 86 | 818 | / |
| Kantuma | 86 | 20 | / |
| Kantimi | 86 | 14 | / |
| Kantimo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kontima | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kantime | 86 | 2 | / |
| Cantima | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kanttimath | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kasentimah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kanthema | 80 | 342 | / |
| Kantimer | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kantemma | 80 | 7 | / |
| Cantiema | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kanteama | 80 | 3 | / |
| Khantime | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kantayma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kantiomo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khamtima | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanteema | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khantimit | 75 | 312 | / |
| Kasemtima | 75 | 16 | / |
| Khamthima | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kontiomaa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Cantimath | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kontimath | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanthimos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamtema | 71 | 922 | / |
| Kontuma | 71 | 4 | / |
| Cantema | 71 | 2 | / |
| Contima | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cantimo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kontimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kantemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kontema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kontime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamtimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kantemiz | 67 | 241 | / |
| Cantimer | 67 | 50 | / |
| Kontimér | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kontemma | 67 | 3 | / |
| Canteimi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kantemyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cantuema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kountimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kantemou | 67 | 1 | / |
Kantima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantima in the Oriya language | ||
| କାିମା | kaima | 94.55 |
| କାମ୍ିମା | kamima | 1.82 |
| Kantima in the Hindi language | ||
| कान्तिमा | kantima | 50 |
| कांतिमा | kantima | 25 |
| कंतिमा | kantima | 25 |
| Kantima in the Russian language | ||
| Кантима | kantima | - |
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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 Kantima
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