Contea Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Contea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 47 | 1:427,189 | 34,091 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Contea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Contea occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Contea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Contea reside; 85 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 85 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname Contea is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 427,189. In Romania it is most frequent in: Argeș County, where 91 percent reside, Arad County, where 2 percent reside and Bacău County, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Romania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Peru, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Contea
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