Contaras Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Contaras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contaras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Contaras Last Name Facts

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

The surname Contaras is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Contaras.

How Common Is The Last Name Contaras? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,206,983rd most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Contaras live; 100 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States it is most frequent in: Connecticut, where 75 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 27 percent reside.

Contaras Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Contaras has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Contaras surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Contaras Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Contaras surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Contaras earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.

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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 Contaras
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis