Bongai Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Bongai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bongai (1,197) may also be a first name.
Bongai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bongai (Hindi: बोङई) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,484,726th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Bongai live; 37 percent live in Oceania Islands and 36 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 229,048th most common first name globally, borne by 1,197 people.
The surname Bongai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea Bongai is primarily found in: Madang, where 67 percent live, Western, where 25 percent live and East Sepik, where 8 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bongai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bongai in the Hindi language | ||
| बोङई | bona'i | - |
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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
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- 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 Bongai
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