Kantoro Surname

106,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Kantoro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantoro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso4,0841:4,494525
Indonesia1571:842,35263,704
Lesotho1091:18,6473,949
Kyrgyzstan171:351,33329,728
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Kantoro (659) may also be a first name.

Kantoro Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kantoro (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺘﻮﺭﻭ, Russian: Канторо) is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kantoro.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantoro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 106,279th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,656,260 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kantoro live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kantoro is also the 323,427th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 659 people.

This surname is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 4,084 people, or 1 in 4,494. In Burkina Faso Kantoro is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 88 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 4 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Kantoro Last Name Statistics demography

Kantoro earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.25% less than the national average, earning R 61,188 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kantoro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kantoro in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺎﻧﺘﻮﺭﻭkantwrw-
Kantoro in the Russian language
Кантороkantoro-

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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 Kantoro
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