Contero Surname

281,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Contero Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contero Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador4701:33,8423,928
Spain3411:137,10310,339
Philippines2661:380,59549,701
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Mexico991:1,253,80014,809
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511

The alternate forms: Contéro (1) are calculated separately.

Contero Last Name Facts

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

The last name Contero is found in Ecuador more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Contéro. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Contero? popularity and diffusion

The surname Contero is the 281,779th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,323,262 people. The last name Contero occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Contero are found; 36 percent are found in South America and 34 percent are found in Andean South America.

It is most commonly held in Ecuador, where it is borne by 470 people, or 1 in 33,842. In Ecuador it is mostly found in: Pichincha Province, where 37 percent are found, Chimborazo Province, where 36 percent are found and Orellana Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Ecuador this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 25 percent are found and The Philippines, where 19 percent are found.

Contero Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Contero surname are 14.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.74% registered with the political party.

The amount Contero earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 5.09% less than the national average, earning $21,547,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 18.79% less than the national average, earning $35,041 USD per year.

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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 Contero
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