Kontoma Surname

424,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kontoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6741:68,5166,534
Nigeria1311:1,352,23553,045
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Kontoma (100) may also be a first name.

Kontoma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kontoma is most common in Kenya. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontoma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 424,566th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. The surname Kontoma is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kontoma live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Kontoma is also the 946,056th most numerous first name on earth, held by 100 people.

The surname Kontoma is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 674 people, or 1 in 68,516. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Mandera County, where 45 percent are found, Marsabit County, where 41 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Kontoma exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 16 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.

Kontoma Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Kontoma earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning $28,417 USD 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
  • 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 Kontoma
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