Contraire Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Contraire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 189 | 1:351,443 | 52,732 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Contraire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contraire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Contraire is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Contraire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Contraire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,185,157th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Contraire reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 351,443. In France Contraire is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 26 percent are found, Occitanie, where 26 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 19 percent are found. Excluding France this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contraires | 95 | 18 | / |
| Contrare | 94 | 2 | / |
| Contrares | 89 | 64 | / |
| Contrarez | 89 | 3 | / |
| Contrarea | 89 | 2 | / |
| Contrrire | 89 | 1 | / |
| Contreire | 89 | 1 | / |
| Contrar | 88 | 2 | / |
| Contratres | 84 | 10 | / |
| Contreares | 84 | 3 | / |
| Chantraire | 84 | 1 | / |
| Contrearea | 84 | 0 | / |
| Contrari | 82 | 7 | / |
| Contrara | 82 | 4 | / |
| Contrira | 82 | 3 | / |
| Contrere | 82 | 1 | / |
| Contreir | 82 | 1 | / |
| Contreira | 78 | 4,844 | / |
| Contreres | 78 | 240 | / |
| Contrario | 78 | 54 | / |
| Contrerez | 78 | 22 | / |
| Contreary | 78 | 19 | / |
| Cantrarie | 78 | 1 | / |
| Contraris | 78 | 1 | / |
| Contrerea | 78 | 1 | / |
| Cantrares | 78 | 0 | / |
| Contrer | 75 | 23 | / |
| Contrereas | 74 | 87 | / |
| Contrerres | 74 | 3 | / |
| Contrera | 71 | 27,795 | / |
| Contreri | 71 | 19 | / |
| Kontrier | 71 | 0 | / |
| Contrerra | 67 | 7 | / |
| Contreris | 67 | 4 | / |
| Contreraa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Contreera | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jantraree | 67 | 1 | / |
| Contriera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cantreira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coontrera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Contreray | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khountrir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Countrera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cantreres | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Contraire
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