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
The surname Bongai (Hindi: बोङई) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bongai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,484,726th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Bongai live; 37 percent live in Oceania Islands and 36 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Bongai is also the 229,048th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,197 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea Bongai is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 67 percent reside, Western, where 25 percent reside and East Sepik, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent reside.
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
- 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 Bongai
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