Gontaye Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Gontaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 213 | 1:20,697 | 2,084 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Gontaye (22) may also be a first name.
Gontaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gontaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gontaye occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gontaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,125,333rd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. Gontaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gontaye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Gontaye is also the 2,301,746th most widely held forename globally, held by 22 people.
The last name Gontaye is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 20,697. In Liberia Gontaye is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 86 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 10 percent are found and Bong County, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Liberia Gontaye occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gontaye
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