Contese Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Contese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy241:2,548,19595,018
France101:6,642,272293,169
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Contese Last Name Facts

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

The surname Contese is found most frequently in Italy. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Contese? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Contese are found; 57 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 57 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The surname Contese is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,548,195. In Italy Contese is most frequent in: Tuscany, where 92 percent live, Apulia, where 4 percent live and Lazio, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Italy this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Contesse931,237/
Contes921,285/
Countesse881/
Contesa86792/
Contesi8679/
Conties8627/
Contess8626/
Countes866/
Conttes864/
Conteas863/
Contase862/
Contesy861/
Conteze861/
Contose861/
Cantese861/
Contessa803,072/
Contessi802,147/
Comtesse80767/
Countess80590/
Contoise808/
Countesa803/
Chantese801/
Countees801/
Contasse801/
Cosentes801/
Contiesa801/
Conteche801/
Conttesi801/
Conntess800/
Contis77700/
Cantes77656/
Kontes77350/
Conteş7747/
Contex7723/
Contez7717/
Contés772/
Comtes771/
Qontes771/
Chantease751/
Countessi751/
Conntessa751/
Kontesa712,012/
Santese711,660/
Contois711,587/
Countis71286/
Konteas71116/
Contios7196/
Cantees7151/
Gkontes7144/
Contisa7141/
Contige7140/
Comteße7127/
Contech7114/
Kontess7111/
Comtess7110/
Conttis717/
Qontesa715/
Kontesi715/
Conteza714/
Canties713/
Kontege712/
Kontesz712/
Cantesa712/
Conthis712/
Cauntes712/
Kontges712/
Contice711/
Kantese711/
Contais711/
Contasi711/
Comtest711/
Canteze711/
Comtesd711/
Koontes711/
Cantess710/
Coontis710/
Countiss67463/
Contissa6789/
Kontesis6751/
Konthesa6736/
Kontesha6722/
Contezza6718/
Santesse6714/
Cantessa6711/
Countois6710/
Kontessa678/
Contossi674/
Cantoise673/
Khontesa673/
Kounteus671/
Cantezer671/
Quantese671/
Conteggi671/
Comtoise671/
Khentese671/
Contashe671/
Gqontose671/
Konteisa671/
Chantise670/
Countice670/
Conntiss670/
Contossy670/

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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 Contese
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