Conteras Surname

424,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 816 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Conteras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Conteras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3911:927,00569,520
Mexico2311:537,3439,357
Colombia631:758,3198,254
Venezuela371:816,32613,210
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Philippines231:4,401,662162,661
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belize11:355,4743,977
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Conteras Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Conteras Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Conteras has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Conteras? popularity and diffusion

It is the 424,145th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,930,816 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Conteras are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Conteras is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 391 people, or 1 in 927,005. In The United States Conteras is most numerous in: Texas, where 32 percent are found, California, where 28 percent are found and Arizona, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 28 percent are found and Colombia, where 8 percent are found.

Conteras Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Conteras has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Conteras last name grew 39,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Conteras Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Conteras surname are 41.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.59% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Conteras earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 44.24% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,961 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.84% less than the national average, earning $18,878,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 26.34% less than the national average, earning $31,783 USD per year.

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Conteras Reference & Research

Contreras DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Contreras FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Conteras
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