Kontelj Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Kontelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontelj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia461:54,0808,674
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
France121:5,535,227269,324

Kontelj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kontelj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kontelj is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontelj? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,273,756th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Kontelj reside; 66 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 66 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Kontelj is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 54,080. In Slovenia it is most prevalent in: Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 74 percent reside, Central Slovenia, where 20 percent reside and Coastal-Karst, where 2 percent reside. Not including Slovenia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent reside and France, where 17 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
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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 Kontelj
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