Contaja Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Contaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 6 | 1:1,769,406 | 6,441 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Contaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Contaja has its highest incidence in Bolivia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Contaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Contaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Contaja is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Contaja reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Andean South America.
This last name is most prevalent in Bolivia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,769,406. In Bolivia it is most numerous in: Oruro Department, where 67 percent reside, Beni Department, where 17 percent reside and Santa Cruz Department, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Bolivia Contaja exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Contaja
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