Karantonas Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karantonas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Karantonas 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
Greece1341:82,68513,963
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Cyprus21:442,4389,493

Karantonas Last Name Facts

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

Karantonas is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karantonas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,422,956th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Karantonas reside; 89 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

Karantonas is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 82,685. In Greece it is most prevalent in: Central Macedonia, where 89 percent reside and Attica, where 11 percent reside. Besides Greece this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 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
Karantona9566/
Karantanas9089/
Karantanais861/
Karantana8438/
Carantona842/
Karantanos8053/
Karantanai801/
Carantoña7443/
Karantanou7026/
Quarantana703/

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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 Karantonas
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