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
The surname Bongou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻮ) is found most in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 660,498th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. The surname Bongou occurs mostly 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 frequent first name in the world It is held by 228 people.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 39,752. In Benin Bongou is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 84 percent live, Borgou Department, where 7 percent live and Collines Department, where 4 percent live. Apart from Benin it 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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