Contato Surname

314,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Italy

Contato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil6361:336,59512,941
Italy4711:129,84421,029
Argentina501:854,86855,754
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England91:6,190,895170,599
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Contato (187) may also be a first name.

Contato Last Name Facts

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

The surname Contato is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Contato? popularity and diffusion

The surname Contato is the 314,680th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,108,588 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Contato reside; 58 percent reside in South America and 53 percent reside in Luso-South America. Contato is also the 665,130th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 187 people.

The surname Contato is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 636 people, or 1 in 336,595. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 53 percent reside, Paraná, where 20 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent reside. Other than Brazil Contato occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 39 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.

Contato Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Contato earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning €30,758 per year and in United States they earn 32.68% less than the national average, earning $29,047 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
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  • 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 Contato
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