Bankong Surname

272,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bankong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bankong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3381:132,3948,590
Cameroon591:352,01831,532
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
England51:11,143,612252,590
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Bankong (74) may also be a first name.

Bankong Last Name Facts

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

Bankong is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bankong? popularity and diffusion

It is the 272,373rd most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,099,752 people. Bankong occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bankong are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bankong is also the 1,125,792nd most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 74 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,338 people, or 1 in 132,394. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 67 percent reside, Taraba, where 13 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.

Bankong Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bankong last name is primarily Christian (98%) in Nigeria.

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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 Bankong
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