Kontoe Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Kontoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 238 | 1:18,523 | 1,885 |
| Greece | 108 | 1:102,591 | 17,261 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kontoe (21) may also be a first name.
Kontoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kontoe is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontoe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 804,502nd most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Kontoe are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 18,523. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Bong County, where 41 percent reside, Margibi County, where 31 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Liberia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 31 percent reside and England, where 0 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kontoe
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