Contayon Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Contayon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Contayon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contayon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Contayon occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Contayon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Contayon is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Contayon are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin it is most frequent in: Littoral Department, where 78 percent reside. Not including Benin Contayon exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contaiyon | 94 | 4 | / |
| Chantayon | 82 | 3 | / |
| Contauion | 82 | 1 | / |
| Contion | 80 | 129 | / |
| Cantaon | 80 | 23 | / |
| Contyan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Contain | 80 | 2 | / |
| Contean | 80 | 2 | / |
| Contoin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Conteon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chanthayon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Santayon | 75 | 47 | / |
| Chontyan | 75 | 13 | / |
| Countain | 75 | 6 | / |
| Countian | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chantaon | 75 | 3 | / |
| Cosntain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kontayin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Containg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Conteang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kantayon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chontain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Containe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cointion | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chontian | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chontean | 75 | 0 | / |
| Cantayne | 75 | 0 | / |
| Khonthayong | 74 | 2 | / |
| Contejean | 71 | 104 | / |
| Sonthayan | 71 | 37 | / |
| Contojohn | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kanthayon | 71 | 16 | / |
| Jantayong | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chontoian | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chantayan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Cosention | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chantajon | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kantayong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Contiyane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chantaoon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuntayong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Coontaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chontaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Contajean | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chanthayen | 67 | 191 | / |
| Kanthayong | 67 | 54 | / |
| Comtion | 67 | 27 | / |
| Cuntian | 67 | 26 | / |
| Conteen | 67 | 21 | / |
| Cantian | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kuntayoung | 67 | 15 | / |
| Contein | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cantyan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kontain | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kontian | 67 | 6 | / |
| Konteon | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chanthayan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cantain | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cossention | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kantayoung | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuntaon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sontain | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chonthuean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jontain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jantayoong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kantaon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kunthayong | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Contayon
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