Kontova Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Kontova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 202 | 1:54,850 | 9,111 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Kontová (107) are calculated separately.
Kontova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kontova (Russian: Контова) is found most in Greece. It can also occur as: Kontová. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontova? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,011,991st most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Kontova reside; 82 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Kontova is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 54,850. In Greece Kontova is most prevalent in: Thessaly, where 41 percent are found, Attica, where 33 percent are found and Central Greece, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Greece this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 12 percent are found and Ukraine, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kontova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kontova in the Russian language | ||
| Контова | kontova | - |
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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 Kontova
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