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Yeah, I'd thought Kontaris might come from the root "kontòs" (small, short) too, plus Kontos is also a Greek last name - in a way it corresponds to the English last name Short.
Is it possible that the suffix -aris has a patronimic/matronimic sense? Or maybe it's just a pet form of Kontos? I noticed this suffix is quite common in Greek last names, also in the ones coming from personal names (Giannaris, Markaris, Vasilaris, etc).