Contway Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Contway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Contway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States881:4,118,852221,730
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Contway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Contway is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Contway? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,894,523rd most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. Contway occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Contway reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 4,118,852. In The United States it is mostly found in: Montana, where 24 percent live, Oklahoma, where 22 percent live and California, where 13 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent live.

Contway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Contway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Contway surname increased 880 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Contway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Contway surname are 18.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Contway earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 14.19% less than the national average, earning $37,027 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.1% more than the national average, earning $58,676 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Countway93119/
Contwa921/
Cantway86134/
Condway862/
Comtway860/
Sontwayi801/
Sontwa7766/
Condwa7757/
Jontwa774/
Contua772/
Kontwa771/
Sonthwayi751/
Chondwa71254/
Santway717/
Condvay716/
Sonthwa711/
Cantuay711/
Zondwayo67462/
Sondwayo672/
Kondwayi672/
Zondwaye671/
Contuash671/
Tchondwa671/

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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 Contway
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