Bongongo Surname
Approximately 1,926 people bear this surname
Bongongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,895 | 1:38,987 | 4,813 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Bongongo (29) may also be a first name.
Bongongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bongongo is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongongo? popularity and diffusion
Bongongo is the 213,723rd most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,783,773 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bongongo live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 29 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,895 people, or 1 in 38,987. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The Congo, where 0 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 Bongongo
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