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
The last name Bongim is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongim? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Bongim reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Bongim is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.
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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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