Alongu Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Alongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 393 | 1:99,337 | 10,009 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Alongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alongu is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alongu? popularity and diffusion
Alongu is the 661,581st most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alongu reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Alongu is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 99,337. In Uganda Alongu is most common in: Katakwi District, where 54 percent reside, Amuria District, where 37 percent reside and Soroti District, where 4 percent reside. Beside Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 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 Alongu
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