Tantor Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tantor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tantor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1051:197,80120,464
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Tantor (11) may also be a first name.

Tantor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tantor (Georgian: თანთორ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,620,164th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. Tantor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Tantor reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 197,801. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 6 percent reside and Jordan, where 2 percent reside.

Tantor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tantor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tantour92599/
Taintor92329/
Tayntor9268/
Tantoor9214/
Tantore921/
Thantor921/
Thanthor862/
Tantur83252/
Tantar83234/
Tontor8348/
Tamtor830/
Thanthort801/
Tantart77103/
Teuntor7750/
Thantar7718/
Tantare7713/
Tountor771/
Taintar770/
Thanthar715/
Tainture713/
Thanthur711/
Theintor710/
Tontur67118/
Tamtar677/
Tantarova677/
Tontorova677/
Tamtur674/
Tanturova672/
Tomtor671/
Thanthare671/
Thanthahar631/
Thomtor623/
Tamtard621/
Tomtorr621/
Teimtore576/
Tonturova534/
Thonthare531/
Tontar509/
Tomtar503/

Tantor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tantor in the Georgian language
თანთორtantor-

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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 Tantor
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