Bakongo Surname

218,998th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bakongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,5671:47,1475,726
Cameroon2751:75,5249,350
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
England21:27,859,030389,889
France21:33,211,361423,184
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Bakongo (150) may also be a first name.

Bakongo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bakongo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bakongo occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bakongo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakongo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 218,998th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,899,168 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bakongo are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bakongo is also the 752,187th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 150 people.

It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,567 people, or 1 in 47,147. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Bakongo Last Name Statistics demography

Bakongo earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

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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 Bakongo
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