Bongwa Surname
Approximately 941 people bear this surname
Bongwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 684 | 1:108,011 | 11,961 |
| South Africa | 135 | 1:401,316 | 35,360 |
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Bongwa (283) may also be a first name.
Bongwa Demographics
Average Bongwa Salary in
South Africa
R 455,544
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bongwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bongwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bongwa has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bongwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bongwa is the 379,286th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,744,470 people. Bongwa is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bongwa are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bongwa is also the 526,385th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 283 people.
Bongwa is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 684 people, or 1 in 108,011. Without taking into account The DR Congo Bongwa is found in 14 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.
Bongwa Last Name Statistics demography
Bongwa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.7% more than the national average, earning R 455,544 per year.
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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 Bongwa
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