Contijo Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Contijo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 175 | 1:1,223,282 | 42,166 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Contijo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contijo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Contijo occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Contijo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,290,735th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname Contijo is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Contijo reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 1,223,282. In Brazil Contijo is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 24 percent live, Paraná, where 21 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 19 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Contijo
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