Bongdzem Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Bongdzem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bongdzem (36) may also be a first name.
Bongdzem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongdzem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bongdzem is most common in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongdzem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bongdzem live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 36 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon Bongdzem is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 4 percent live and Southwest Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bongadzem | 94 | 48 | / |
| Bongdzeem | 94 | 14 | / |
| Bongdzeme | 94 | 5 | / |
| Bongzem | 93 | 2 | / |
| Bongadzemo | 89 | 17 | / |
| Bonghadzem | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bongzen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bengadzemo | 78 | 5 | / |
| Bongatsem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bougzim | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bagzim | 57 | 3 | / |
| Bengtsom | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Bongdzem
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