Contesi Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Contesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania361:557,71941,269
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Contesi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Contesi is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Contesi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Contesi is the 2,121,169th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Contesi live; 47 percent live in Eastern Europe and 46 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Contesi is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 557,719. In Romania it is most numerous in: Mehedinți County, where 97 percent reside and Hunedoara County, where 3 percent reside. Besides Romania Contesi is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 43 percent reside and The United States, where 5 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 Contesi
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