Tantir Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Tantir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tantir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India301:25,568,846339,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Tantir (18) may also be a first name.

Tantir Last Name Facts

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

Tantir (Arabic: تانتير, Hindi: तन्तीर) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantir? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tantir is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tantir reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India Tantir is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 90 percent live and Bihar, where 10 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tantier921/
Tantair921/
Tanthier861/
Thanthir861/
Tantre83618/
Tanter83457/
Tamtir831/
Tainter77715/
Tantere7720/
Taynter771/
Tanhter771/
Tanteer771/
Teanter770/
Taunter770/
Tantyor770/
Tanteare710/
Tonter673/
Tamter672/
Tatemnter671/
Teunter6213/
Teinter623/
Tointer622/
Tontere621/
Toontger570/
Thamthere534/
Tomter50536/

Tantir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tantir in the Hindi language
तन्तीरtantira-
Tantir in the Arabic language
تانتيرtantyr-

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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 Tantir
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