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 is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gontaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gontaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gontaye is the 1,125,333rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gontaye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 22 people.
It is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 20,697. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 86 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 10 percent reside and Bong County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Liberia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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