Atongu Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Atongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Atongu (32) may also be a first name.
Atongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atongu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Atongu? popularity and diffusion
Atongu is the 1,227,038th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Atongu are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most common given name in the world, held by 32 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Atongu is most common in: Benue, where 94 percent live, Oyo, where 3 percent live and Lagos, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Atongu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis