Bongo Surname
Approximately 43,546 people bear this surname
Bongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 10,648 | 1:2,535 | 421 |
| Congo | 7,793 | 1:640 | 100 |
| DR Congo | 6,437 | 1:11,477 | 1,423 |
| Philippines | 3,540 | 1:28,598 | 4,029 |
| Gabon | 2,829 | 1:668 | 101 |
| Chad | 1,733 | 1:7,843 | 1,090 |
| Kenya | 1,393 | 1:33,151 | 3,622 |
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Ghana | 1,178 | 1:22,938 | 2,795 |
| Cameroon | 1,163 | 1:17,858 | 2,438 |
| South Africa | 955 | 1:56,731 | 7,203 |
| Uganda | 870 | 1:44,873 | 5,587 |
| France | 516 | 1:128,726 | 19,637 |
| United States | 472 | 1:767,921 | 59,720 |
| Ivory Coast | 410 | 1:56,271 | 3,367 |
| Tanzania | 377 | 1:140,429 | 12,917 |
| Nigeria | 289 | 1:612,951 | 29,166 |
| Italy | 282 | 1:216,868 | 30,517 |
| Indonesia | 273 | 1:484,429 | 39,843 |
| Zimbabwe | 178 | 1:86,732 | 12,575 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Papua New Guinea | 113 | 1:72,157 | 9,422 |
| Norway | 106 | 1:48,512 | 6,954 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Cuba | 7 | 1:1,646,102 | 8,141 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Boñgo (12) are calculated separately.
Bongo (3,181) may also be a first name.
Bongo Demographics
Bongo Political Affiliation
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Bongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bongo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻮ, Tibetan: སྦོང་མགོ།) has its highest incidence in Angola. It can also be rendered as a variant: Boñgo. For other potential spellings of Bongo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 12,883rd most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 167,353 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bongo live; 41 percent live in Central Africa and 41 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 127,397th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,181 people.
The surname Bongo is most numerous in Angola, where it is carried by 10,648 people, or 1 in 2,535. Apart from Angola this last name exists in 90 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Bongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bongo last name is principally Christian (64%) in Kenya.
In The United States Bongo are 35.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 89.09% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bongo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.51% less than the national average, earning 292,410 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 41.15% less than the national average, earning R 139,848 per year; in United States they earn 9.34% more than the national average, earning $47,178 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.69% less than the national average, earning $40,396 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bongo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bongo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻮ | bwnkw | - |
| Bongo in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦོང་མགོ། | bonggo | - |
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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
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