Bonongwe Surname

45,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Bonongwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonongwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi10,9791:1,559155
Zimbabwe3361:45,9477,059
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Bonongwe (193) may also be a first name.

Bonongwe Last Name Facts

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

Bonongwe is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonongwe? popularity and diffusion

Bonongwe is the 45,760th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 643,094 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonongwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bonongwe is also the 653,740th most common forename internationally It is held by 193 people.

It is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 10,979 people, or 1 in 1,559. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Bonongwe Last Name Statistics demography

Bonongwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.31% less than the national average, earning R 53,928 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 Bonongwe
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