Kontiki Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kontiki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontiki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kontiki (17) may also be a first name.

Kontiki Last Name Facts

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

Kontiki (Russian: Контики) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontiki? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kontiki is the 5,391,485th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Kontiki occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Kontiki reside; 46 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 46 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 17 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 15 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kontikis934/
Kantiki86536/
Contiki864/
Kontika862/
Kontiqi861/
Kontecki8069/
Kantikis8024/
Kanthiki808/
Konteski806/
Kantikit804/
Kantikij801/
Khantikit75127/
Khantikij759/
Khuntikit751/
Kamtiki71183/
Kuntika71121/
Kantika7194/
Konteka7128/
Kantike7113/
Kantuki7111/
Kontyka712/
Khantikkij711/
Konteke711/
Kantecki67382/
Kanthika675/
Kantiker675/
Kunthika674/
Kunteski674/
Kantichi672/
Kontucky672/
Kontecka671/
Kantuika671/
Kanttika671/
Kontecká671/

Kontiki Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kontiki in the Russian language
Контикиkontiki-

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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 Kontiki
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