Kontane Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Kontane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 26 | 1:78,175 | 9,832 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Kontane (15) may also be a first name.
Kontane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kontane is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kontane is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kontane reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kontane is also the 2,900,335th most common forename throughout the world, held by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 78,175. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 77 percent live, Leribe District, where 19 percent live and Berea District, where 4 percent live. Aside from Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Latvia, where 4 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 Kontane
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