Kontenis Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Kontenis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontenis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania71:433,51318,290
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England21:27,859,030389,889
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kontenis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kontenis occurs more in Lithuania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontenis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Kontenis is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Kontenis are found; 61 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name Kontenis is most numerous in Lithuania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 433,513. In Lithuania Kontenis is primarily found in: Telšiai County, where 57 percent live, Klaipėda County, where 29 percent live and Šiauliai County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Lithuania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 33 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Kontenis Last Name Statistics demography

Kontenis earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 0.9% more than the national average, earning $50,128 CAD per year.

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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 Kontenis
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