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
The surname Atongu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Atongu.
How Common Is The Last Name Atongu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Atongu is the 1,227,038th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name Atongu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Atongu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atongu is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held given name internationally, borne by 32 people.
The surname Atongu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Atongu is most prevalent in: Benue, where 94 percent reside, Oyo, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 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 Atongu
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