Kontey Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Kontey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 90 | 1:161,993 | 1,291 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kontey (14) may also be a first name.
Kontey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kontey (Hindi: कोन्तेय, Marathi: कोन्तेय, Russian: Контей) is most common in Senegal. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kontey is the 1,612,213th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Kontey live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name internationally, held by 14 people.
The last name Kontey is most widespread in Senegal, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 161,993. In Senegal it is most prevalent in: Diourbel Region, where 49 percent are found, Dakar Region, where 13 percent are found and Kaolack Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Senegal this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and Niger, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kontey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kontey in the Marathi language | ||
| कोन्तेय | konteya | 80 |
| तेय | teya | 20 |
| Kontey in the Hindi language | ||
| कोन्तेय | konteya | 60 |
| कौन्तेय | kaunteya | 20 |
| कोन्टेय | konteya | 20 |
| Kontey in the Russian language | ||
| Контей | kontej | - |
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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 Kontey
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