Bongowa Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Bongowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 116 | 1:43,009 | 4,057 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bongowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bongowa occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongowa? popularity and diffusion
Bongowa is the 1,637,889th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bongowa are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Bongowa is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 43,009. In The Congo Bongowa is most common in: Cuvette Department, where 88 percent are found, Brazzaville Department, where 8 percent are found and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account The Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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