Bongha Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Bongha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bongha (12) may also be a first name.
Bongha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bongha is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,020,555th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bongha live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bongha is also the 3,306,491st most numerous given name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Bongha is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 59 percent are found, Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Bongha exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Bongha
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