Bongoye Surname
Approximately 1,378 people bear this surname
Bongoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 1,096 | 1:4,552 | 736 |
| Kenya | 276 | 1:167,318 | 12,883 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Bongoye (11) may also be a first name.
Bongoye Demographics
Bongoye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bongoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bongoye occurs most in The Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongoye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 280,304th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,288,495 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bongoye live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 11 people.
The last name Bongoye is most numerous in The Congo, where it is held by 1,096 people, or 1 in 4,552. In The Congo Bongoye is most prevalent in: Likouala Department, where 90 percent reside, Brazzaville Department, where 10 percent reside and Pointe-Noire Department, where 0 percent reside. Apart from The Congo this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Bongoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Bongoye
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