Kontze Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Kontze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kontze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kontze is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontze? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,369,340th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Kontze occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Kontze reside; 45 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 1,118,131. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hesse, where 60 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 27 percent live and New Zealand, where 19 percent live.
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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 Kontze
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