Contenay Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Contenay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Contenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Contenay is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Contenay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Contenay live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in France, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 5,535,227. In France it is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 83 percent live, Brittany, where 8 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 8 percent live. Beside France Contenay is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 7 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
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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 Contenay
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