Kantyshev Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Kantyshev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kantyshev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3611:399,23338,586
Kazakhstan231:768,80449,532
Ukraine141:3,251,621182,804
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188

Kantyshev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kantyshev (Russian: Кантышев) occurs more in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kantyshev? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 723,769th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Kantyshev are found; 48 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 45 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.

This last name is most common in Russia, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 399,233. In Russia it is most frequent in: Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 40 percent are found, Republic of Ingushetia, where 24 percent are found and Moscow Oblast, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Russia Kantyshev is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 6 percent are found and Ukraine, where 3 percent are found.

Kantyshev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kantyshev last name are 5.61% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 52.38% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kantysheva95885/
Kontyshev8921/
Kontysheva8427/
Kantisheva842/
Kontishev7816/
Kantiseva782/
Kantisevs781/
Kontisheva7410/
Cantisev711/
Cantiseva671/
Kantiševs671/

Kantyshev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kantyshev in the Russian language
Кантышевkantysev-

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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 Kantyshev
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