Kelantan Surname

521,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Kelantan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelantan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia5171:59,6828,852
Malaysia1021:289,15915,911
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Kelantan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kelantan occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelantan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kelantan is the 521,266th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,678,759 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kelantan are found; 83 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 517 people, or 1 in 59,682. Excluding Saudi Arabia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Kelantan
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