Kantuk Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Kantuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantuk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kantuk (18) may also be a first name.

Kantuk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kantuk (Marathi: कंतुक) is found in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kantuk.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantuk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Kantuk occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kantuk reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 32 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 18 people.

It is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 4,019,148. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Nuristan, where 100 percent reside. Besides Afghanistan this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent reside and Turkey, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanthuk92262/
Kantuke924/
Khantuk922/
Kaintuck8688/
Khanthuk861/
Kontuk8395/
Cantuk838/
Kantok836/
Kantukova801/
Kantock776/
Kaintok776/
Khantug774/
Kamteuk771/
Khantukova751/
Kanthook7118/
Kontouck711/
Khantukhova711/
Contuk6785/
Cantok6711/
Kontukova6710/
Kantog674/
Cantuq673/
Cantuc672/
Kantougue671/
Kantoc671/
Canteux6289/
Cantaux6242/
Canthok622/
Khantog621/
Kanthog621/
Quantok621/
Cantoux620/
Cantock620/
Quantock57449/
Kontugova531/
Contok5036/
Cantoc5011/
Cantog503/

Kantuk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kantuk in the Marathi language
कंतुकkantuka-

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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 Kantuk
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