Bontang Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Bontang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bontang (138) may also be a first name.
Bontang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bontang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bontang is most common in Indonesia. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bontang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,612,213th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Bontang are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 73 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 787,636th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 138 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 1,422,034. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 42 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 13 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 13 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 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
- 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 Bontang
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