Vanters Surname

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

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Vanters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vanters Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia191:107,89715,192
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Vanters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vanters (Russian: Вантерс) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanters? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vanters live; 74 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 107,897. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 89 percent reside and Vidzeme, where 11 percent reside. Beside Latvia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 26 percent reside and Norway, where 6 percent reside.

Vanters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vanters has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanters8622/
Banters861/
Fanters860/
Vantirs860/
Wanterse801/
Vontersch75205/
Fonters7139/
Wonters7112/
Bonters712/
Wantors710/
Whenters671/
Wounters671/
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Vanters Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vanters in the Russian language
Вантерсvanters-

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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 Vanters
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