Bongim Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Bongim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bongim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongim Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bongim is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongim? popularity and diffusion
Bongim is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Bongim is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Bongim live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 22 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
- 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 Bongim
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