Bongong Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Bongong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bongong (11) may also be a first name.
Bongong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bongong has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Bongong is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bongong live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bongong is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 39 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Bongong is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 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 Bongong
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