Karantao Surname

273,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,420 people bear this surname

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

Karantao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Karantao Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1,3471:13,6241,112
Ivory Coast711:324,94711,901
England21:27,859,030389,889

Karantao Last Name Facts

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

Karantao is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karantao.

How Common Is The Last Name Karantao? popularity and diffusion

Karantao is the 273,764th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,132,075 people. Karantao is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Karantao reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Karantao is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,347 people, or 1 in 13,624. In Burkina Faso Karantao is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 48 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 27 percent reside and Centre Region, where 15 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso Karantao occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karantaho9410/
Karantaou944/
Karantahou892/
Korantao887/
Karamtao882/
Karantoa881/
Carantao881/
Corantao7540/
Karamthoat671/
Karamtoath671/
Corontao6391/
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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 Karantao
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