Bongou Surname
Approximately 455 people bear this surname
Bongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 260 | 1:39,752 | 5,116 |
| Congo | 119 | 1:41,925 | 3,965 |
| Haiti | 33 | 1:323,755 | 10,333 |
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 1:1,079,535 | 10,589 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bongou (228) may also be a first name.
Bongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bongou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻮ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongou? popularity and diffusion
Bongou is the 660,498th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. Bongou is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Bongou reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bongou is also the 594,918th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 228 people.
The last name Bongou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 39,752. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 84 percent live, Borgou Department, where 7 percent live and Collines Department, where 4 percent live. Beside Benin this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 26 percent live and Haiti, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bongou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bongou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻮ | bwnkw | - |
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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 Bongou
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