Contay Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Contay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Çontay (226) are calculated separately.
Contay Demographics
Average Contay Salary in
United States
$44,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Contay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Contay is most common in France. It can appear as a variant: Çontay. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Contay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,228,735th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Contay occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Contay live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,214,091. In France Contay is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 70 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent live and Grand Est, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account France it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.
Contay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Contay has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Contay Last Name Statistics demography
Contay earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,458 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 Contay
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