van Kanten Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
van Kanten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 89 | 1:6,209 | 1,452 |
| Netherlands | 66 | 1:255,866 | 32,556 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Kanten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Kanten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Kanten is found most frequently in Suriname. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Kanten? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,391,595th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. van Kanten occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of van Kanten live; 57 percent live in South America and 57 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.
van Kanten is most widely held in Suriname, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 6,209. Outside of Suriname van Kanten occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 42 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vankanten | 95 | 10 | / |
| van Ganten | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Kenten | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Gunten | 80 | 21 | / |
| van Kenton | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Ganton | 80 | 0 | / |
| von Quanten | 76 | 10 | / |
| van Wykanthony | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vangunten | 74 | 126 | / |
| Vonganten | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vankenton | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vincanten | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vhanakhanden | 73 | 5 | / |
| von Gunten | 70 | 2,164 | / |
| von Gonten | 70 | 60 | / |
| van Wyknadine | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Gunton | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Guntin | 70 | 0 | / |
| von Ganton | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Gunden | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Quentin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanakanadan | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Quintin | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 van Kanten
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