Contancia Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Philippines

Contancia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contancia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Contancia (107) may also be a first name.

Contancia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Contancia occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Contancia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Contancia live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 910,230th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 107 people.

The last name Contancia is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil Contancia is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Norte, where 50 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Contancio8939/
Cantancia891/
Cosntancio848/
Contanceau841/
Conntancio841/
Contanza8229/
Contança821/
Cantancio78370/
Contanzo7143/
Cantanza717/
Kantanca711/
Cantanco711/
Contonzo593/
Cantanzo591/

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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 Contancia
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