Countway Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Countway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Countway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada931:396,18935,081
United States261:13,940,728505,428
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Countway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Countway is most common in Canada. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Countway? popularity and diffusion

The surname Countway is the 1,666,404th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Countway live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Countway is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 396,189. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Nova Scotia, where 83 percent reside, British Columbia, where 9 percent reside and Ontario, where 8 percent reside. Barring Canada this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Countway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Countway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Countway surname grew 520 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Countway Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Countway earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.33% less than the national average, earning $36,536 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.87% less than the national average, earning $40,306 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Contway9396/
Contwa861/
Cantway80134/
Condway802/
Comtway800/
Sontwayi751/
Sontwa7166/
Condwa7157/
Juntwa7113/
Kuntwa714/
Jontwa714/
Contua712/
Kontwa711/
Sonthwayi711/
Chondwa67254/
Chundwa67155/
Kuntwad678/
Santway677/
Condvay676/
Sonthwa671/
Chuntua671/
Cantuay671/

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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 Countway
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis