Zontanou Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Zontanou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zontanou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1191:93,10715,707
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Zontanou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zontanou is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zontanou? popularity and diffusion

Zontanou is the 1,628,521st most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zontanou reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 93,107. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 78 percent live, Western Greece, where 14 percent live and Central Greece, where 3 percent live. Outside of Greece this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zontanos88422/
Zantanou881/
Sountanou821/
Sontanu8013/
Contanu8010/
Contano807/
Zontana802/
Zountounou7850/
Sountangou7813/
Zountonnou781/
Conteanu75148/
Sonthanu7558/
Zonthana752/
Zontanas752/
Contanno752/
Zontanna751/
Contanau750/
Zountounnou74135/
Zounntounou741/
Santano672,539/
Santanu67508/
Sontana67280/
Xontana67111/
Contana6780/
Zantana6764/
Jantanu6736/
Jantano6726/
Jontana6722/
Juntano6716/
Sontenu6711/
Juntanu678/
Chonthanot675/
Cantanu674/
Zanteno673/
Somtano672/
Sonteno672/
Sontono672/
Contonu671/
Zumtano671/
Zionthanga671/
Contono671/
Jontaño671/
Suntanu671/

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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 Zontanou
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