Contines Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Contines Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contines Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland111:499,70030,478
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Contines Last Name Facts

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

Contines is found most frequently in Finland. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Contines? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Contines reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 499,700. In Finland Contines is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 73 percent reside and Southwest Finland, where 27 percent reside. Aside from Finland Contines is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 18 percent reside and Panama, where 6 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 Contines
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