Bonkongou Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Bonkongou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonkongou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso311:592,0037,564
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Bonkongou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bonkongou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bonkongou has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonkongou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonkongou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Bonkongou is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 592,003. In Burkina Faso Bonkongou is most common in: Centre Region, where 55 percent live, Centre-Sud Region, where 10 percent live and Cascades Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Burkina Faso Bonkongou is found in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Bonkongou
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