Bongal Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Bongal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Bongal (86) may also be a first name.
Bongal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bongal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻞ, Marathi: गाळ) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Bongal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,203,767th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Bongal live; 49 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Bongal is also the 1,032,266th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 86 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 2,892,521. In The Philippines Bongal is most numerous in: National Capital Region, where 29 percent reside, Eastern Visayas, where 26 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 17 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bongal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bongal in the Marathi language | ||
| गाळ | gala | 80 |
| गल | gala | 20 |
| Bongal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻞ | bwnkl | 50 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻜﺎﻝ | bwnkal | 50 |
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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 Bongal
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