Gontare Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gontare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 22 | 1:93,184 | 13,456 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
Gontare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gontare Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gontare (Russian: Гонтаре) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gontare? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Gontare occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Gontare reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 93,184. In Latvia Gontare is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 91 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 5 percent live and Semigallia, where 5 percent live. Barring Latvia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent live and Madagascar, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gontare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gontare in the Russian language | ||
| Гонтаре | gontare | - |
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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
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- 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 Gontare
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