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Where Does The Last Name Kantor Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Kantor (Hindi: कन्तोड़, Russian: Кантор) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms: Kántor, Kantór or Kańtor. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantor? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 28,334^th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 384,385 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of Kantor reside; 36 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Kantor is also the 657,437^th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 191 people.

The surname Kantor is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 6,376 people, or 1 in 56,847. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 19 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 79 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 15 percent are found and Czechia, where 7 percent are found.

Kantor Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Kantor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kantor surname expanded 35,422 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 10,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,500 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kantor Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kantor last name is predominantly Jewish (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Catholic (89%) in Belarus and Orthodox (66%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kantor surname are 3.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.65% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kantor earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.47% less than the national average, earning 257,924 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 184.42% more than the national average, earning R 675,888 per year; in United States they earn 29.2% more than the national average, earning $55,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.7% more than the national average, earning $59,470 CAD per year.