Kontah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kontah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kontah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kontah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Kontah live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,469,512. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 33 percent live, Grand Cape Mount County, where 33 percent live and Montserrado County, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
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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 Kontah
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