Bontemps Surname

35,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Haiti

Bontemps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bontemps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France7,7801:8,538743
Haiti5,4861:1,947294
Belgium5791:19,8563,066
United States4021:901,63967,958
Mauritius2081:6,2181,287
Venezuela611:495,1499,508
Canada591:624,50251,218
England381:1,466,26563,675
Peru311:1,025,29419,244
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Luxembourg261:22,3294,651
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
China21:683,660,78330,601
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Dominica11:75,891912
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Bontemps (36) may also be a first name.

Bontemps Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bontemps (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﺘﻪ) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bontemps? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 35,521st most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 490,018 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Bontemps reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 36 people.

The surname Bontemps is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 7,780 people, or 1 in 8,538. In France Bontemps is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 19 percent live, Grand Est, where 16 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 10 percent live. Barring France this last name is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 37 percent live and Belgium, where 4 percent live.

Bontemps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bontemps has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,675 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bontemps Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bontemps last name are 2.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.63% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bontemps earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 40.23% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,184 per year; in United States they earn 3.82% more than the national average, earning $44,799 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.25% less than the national average, earning $36,146 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bontemp9328/
Bontempt8816/
Bomtemps8810/
Bontenps885/
Vontemps881/
Buontemp881/
Bontempsova841/
Bontempsová841/
Bomtemp801/
Bontempová781/
Bontempova781/
Bomtenps751/
Vantemp670/

Bontemps Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bontemps in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﻧﺘﻪbwnth50
ﺑﻮﻧﺘﺎﻩbwntah50

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bontemps
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