Contò

surname · Latin script

Meaning: third-person singular past historic of contare

Contò is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 78K(measured from records)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 283K
  • ESSpain1 in 794K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

2,716 people

Sources
42 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 78K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Conto in US United States, IT Italy, ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

third-person singular past historic of contare

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Contò counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Contò is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil2,7161 in 78K2.7K——
US United States3921 in 849K408Conto12
IT Italy≈69 est.≈1 in 898KlistedConto42
ES Spain631 in 794K63Conto1
AR Argentina441 in 1M44——
CR Costa Rica181 in 283K18——

2,716 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Contò is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Conto, Contó

  • Portuguese surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Nicaragua

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese

    Also written Conto, Contó, Contô

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Conto, Contó

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

    Also written Conto

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Conto

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Contò under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Contò mean, and where does it come from?
third-person singular past historic of contare Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Contò have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.7 thousand people named Contò, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Contò most common?
Contò is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 78 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Contò?
In Brazil, the national register counted 2,716 people named Contò, about 1 in 78 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Contò”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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