Kontinen Surname

513,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Kontinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland5901:9,3161,450
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kontinen Last Name Facts

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

Kontinen (Russian: Континьен) is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontinen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kontinen is the 513,430th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kontinen reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Finland, where it is carried by 590 people, or 1 in 9,316. In Finland Kontinen is most common in: Southern Savonia, where 35 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 27 percent reside and South Karelia, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Finland this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kontinen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kontinen in the Russian language
Континьенkontinen-

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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 Kontinen
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