Bongan Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Bongan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 317 | 1:319,363 | 44,398 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Bongan (126) may also be a first name.
Bongan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bongan is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 739,868th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Bongan live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Bongan is also the 829,183rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 126 people.
The surname Bongan is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 317 people, or 1 in 319,363. In The Philippines Bongan is primarily concentrated in: Davao Region, where 77 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 15 percent live and Central Visayas, where 2 percent live. Aside from The Philippines it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 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 Bongan
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