Kontunen Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Kontunen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontunen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland2801:19,6312,784
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kontunen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kontunen (Russian: Контунен) occurs most in Finland. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontunen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 889,654th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Kontunen are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 19,631. In Finland Kontunen is most common in: South Karelia, where 61 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 10 percent reside and Päijänne Tavastia, where 9 percent reside. Other than Finland it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Sweden, where 3 percent reside.

Kontunen Last Name Statistics demography

Kontunen earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $48,888 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kontinen88636/
Konttinen822,440/
Kunttunen8285/
Kantonen75931/
Kuntonen75156/
Kantinen754/
Kontinin751/
Kanttinen7111/
Khentinen715/
Kantienin591/

Kontunen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kontunen in the Russian language
Контуненkontunen-

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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 Kontunen
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