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 occurs most in The Philippines. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 739,868th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Bongan reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 829,183rd most widespread given name in the world, borne by 126 people.
The surname Bongan is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 319,363. In The Philippines Bongan is most frequent in: Davao Region, where 77 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 15 percent live and Central Visayas, where 2 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs 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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