Kentani Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kentani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kentani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Japan191:6,728,64742,320
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kentani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kentani (Oriya: େକାନୀ) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kentani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kentani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,185,341st most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kentani live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 1,003,291. In South Africa Kentani is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent live, Western Cape, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live. Excluding South Africa Kentani occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 25 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Kentani Last Name Statistics demography

Kentani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.11% less than the national average, earning R 97,164 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kentani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kentani in the Oriya language
େକାନୀekani-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kentani
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