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) is found most frequently in Latvia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gontare? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Gontare reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The last name Gontare is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 93,184. In Latvia it is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 91 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 5 percent live and Semigallia, where 5 percent live. Aside from Latvia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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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