Bolongan Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Bolongan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 216 | 1:468,695 | 56,534 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
The alternate forms: Boloñgan (2) & Bolongañ (1) are calculated separately.
Bolongan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolongan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bolongan occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Boloñgan or Bolongañ. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolongan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 904,049th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. Bolongan occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Bolongan reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 72 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
Bolongan is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 468,695. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Northern Mindanao, where 31 percent are found, Western Visayas, where 25 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 13 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Bolongan
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