Contesso Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Chile

Contesso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contesso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1091:561,07153,789
France981:677,78386,620
Chile401:440,41211,644
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Contesso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Contesso is found most frequently in Italy. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Contesso? popularity and diffusion

Contesso is the 914,967th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Contesso live; 38 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 38 percent live in Italic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Italy, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 561,071. In Italy Contesso is primarily concentrated in: Veneto, where 84 percent live, Campania, where 5 percent live and Lombardy, where 3 percent live. Other than Italy Contesso is found in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 34 percent live and Chile, where 14 percent live.

Contesso Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Contesso surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Contesso earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.28% more than the national average, earning $53,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Contessot9411/
Conteso931/
Contessa883,072/
Contasso881/
Conntessa821/
Contesa80792/
Contezo801/
Chonthessa781/
Santesso75719/
Contioso75648/
Contissa7589/
Cantessa7511/
Kontessa758/
Chontesa757/
Countesa753/
Contosio751/
Contiesa751/
Coentesa751/
Contesah751/
Cosentiso711/
Konteshas711/
Kontesa672,012/
Contisa6741/
Sontesa6716/
Santeso678/
Qontesa675/
Conteza674/
Kontaso673/
Sontiso672/
Cantesa672/
Kontoso671/
Contizo671/
Cantaso671/
Contosa671/
Cantoso671/

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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 Contesso
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