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 surname Contenay is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Contenay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Contenay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Contenay reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 5,535,227. In France Contenay is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 83 percent reside, Brittany, where 8 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 8 percent reside. Outside of France Contenay occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent reside and England, where 7 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 Contenay
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