Kantoma Surname
Approximately 1,373 people bear this surname
Kantoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,290 | 1:137,320 | 8,855 |
| Niger | 70 | 1:274,172 | 8,473 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kantoma (348) may also be a first name.
Kantoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kantoma (Oriya: କାୋମା) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantoma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 281,089th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,307,754 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kantoma live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kantoma is also the 467,354th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 348 people.
Kantoma is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,290 people, or 1 in 137,320. In Nigeria Kantoma is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 36 percent are found, Plateau, where 10 percent are found and Gombe, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kantoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kantoma in the Oriya language | ||
| କାୋମା | kaoma | - |
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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 Kantoma
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