Kontou Surname
Approximately 4,424 people bear this surname
Kontou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 4,031 | 1:2,749 | 219 |
| Cyprus | 243 | 1:3,641 | 439 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 1 | 1:7,858 | 154 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Kontou (42) may also be a first name.
Kontou Demographics
Average Kontou Salary in
United States
$37,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kontou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kontou (Georgian: კონტოუ) is more frequently found in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kontou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 105,784th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,647,275 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kontou reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,566,439th most common first name on earth It is held by 42 people.
The last name Kontou is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 4,031 people, or 1 in 2,749. In Greece it is most prevalent in: Attica, where 43 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 10 percent live and Central Greece, where 7 percent live. Barring Greece it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Cyprus, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Kontou Last Name Statistics demography
Kontou earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kontou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kontou in the Georgian language | ||
| კონტოუ | kontou | - |
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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 Kontou
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