Kuntan Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Kuntan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 466 | 1:151,584 | 24,005 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
The alternate forms: Küntan (24) are calculated separately.
Kuntan (2,000) may also be a first name.
Kuntan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuntan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuntan (Hindi: कुन्तन, Marathi: कुंतन) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Küntan. For other possible spellings of Kuntan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuntan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 556,360th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 12,740,465 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kuntan live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Tai-Asia. Kuntan is also the 169,020th most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 2,000 people.
The surname Kuntan is most widely held in Thailand, where it is carried by 466 people, or 1 in 151,584. In Thailand Kuntan is most common in: Trang Province, where 52 percent are found, Nakhon Nayok Province, where 18 percent are found and Chiang Rai Province, where 7 percent are found. Other than Thailand it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuntan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuntan in the Marathi language | ||
| कुंतन | kuntana | 83.7 |
| कुन्तन | kuntana | 8.89 |
| कुंटन | kuntana | 2.96 |
| कुंडन | kundana | 1.48 |
| कूंतन | kuntana | 1.48 |
| केतन | ketana | 0.74 |
| कुंटण | kuntana | 0.74 |
| Kuntan in the Hindi language | ||
| कुन्तन | kuntana | 67.74 |
| कुन्तां | kuntam | 12.9 |
| कुन्टन | kuntana | 12.9 |
| कुण्टन | kuntana | 3.23 |
| कुंतन | kuntana | 3.23 |
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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
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- 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 Kuntan
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