Karantakis Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Karantakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 266 | 1:41,653 | 6,723 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Karantakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karantakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karantakis occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karantakis? popularity and diffusion
Karantakis is the 963,821st most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Karantakis reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Karantakis is most commonly held in Greece, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 41,653. In Greece Karantakis is mostly concentrated in: Central Greece, where 50 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 30 percent reside and Attica, where 12 percent reside. Barring Greece this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karantakos | 90 | 35 | / |
| Karantokis | 90 | 17 | / |
| Karandakis | 90 | 2 | / |
| Kraniotakis | 86 | 123 | / |
| Karniotakis | 86 | 5 | / |
| Karantoukis | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kariniotakis | 82 | 49 | / |
| Kouriantakis | 82 | 5 | / |
| Kyrianitakis | 82 | 1 | / |
| Karyniotakis | 82 | 1 | / |
| Karantagas | 80 | 3 | / |
| Karnidakis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karnadakis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karniadakis | 76 | 70 | / |
| Korniotakis | 76 | 22 | / |
| Craniotakis | 76 | 1 | / |
| Gryntakis | 74 | 31 | / |
| Grintakis | 74 | 20 | / |
| Koroniotakis | 73 | 46 | / |
| Karant Ke Es | 73 | 3 | / |
| Garontakos | 70 | 10 | / |
| Kournidakis | 67 | 67 | / |
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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 Karantakis
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