Bongalan Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Bongalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bongalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3681:275,10440,109
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Boñgalan (9) are calculated separately.

Bongalan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bongalan occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Boñgalan. For other possible spellings of Bongalan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bongalan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bongalan is the 770,644th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bongalan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 275,104. In The Philippines Bongalan is most common in: Eastern Visayas, where 38 percent live, National Capital Region, where 21 percent live and Central Visayas, where 10 percent live. Not including The Philippines Bongalan occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live.

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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 Bongalan
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