Alongan Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Alongan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 650 | 1:155,751 | 25,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Alongan (138) may also be a first name.
Alongan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alongan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alongan is most common in The Philippines. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alongan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 504,389th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. Alongan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Alongan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 787,636th most common first name throughout the world, held by 138 people.
This surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 650 people, or 1 in 155,751. In The Philippines Alongan is most numerous in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 54 percent reside, Soccsksargen, where 19 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Alongan
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